Virginia man wins $1M in Mega Millions lottery after thinking he lost

MANASSAS, Va. – This man didn’t win the highest Mega Tens of millions prize, however he nonetheless gained massive. 

Malcolm Meredith, of Manassas, Virginia, purchased a lottery ticket for the Might 20 Mega Tens of millions drawing, in line with the Virginia Lottery.

Quickly after the drawing, he confirmed his ticket to an individual who informed him it wasn’t a winner, in line with an Aug. 4 press launch.

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FOX Enterprise reached out to the Virginia Lottery for remark.

The company revealed on its web site that Meredith’s ticket had matched the primary 5 numbers of the Mega Tens of millions drawing, simply not the Mega Ball quantity. 

Meredith held onto the ticket and weeks later, he obtained a second opinion and came upon he gained.

Meredith took the ticket to the state lottery’s Northern Virginia Buyer Service Heart in Woodbridge, Virginia, the place he realized he gained $1 million, the discharge stated.

“I hoped and praying,” Meredith informed the Virginia Lottery.

Meredith used the Simple Choose possibility, which meant the pc randomly chosen his numbers, the Virginia Lottery reported.

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The profitable numbers – for the $131 million jackpot on the time – have been 33-40-59-60-69, with 22 because the Mega Ball quantity.

The chances of matching the primary 5 numbers of the Mega Tens of millions are one in 12,607,306, in line with the Virginia Lottery.

Meredith was the one individual within the U.S. to match the primary 5 numbers, the company stated.

He purchased his ticket at a Harris Teeter grocery retailer in Manassas. The grocery retailer may even obtain $10,000 for promoting Meredith his profitable ticket, the press launch stated. 

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