This man didn’t win the high Mega Thousands and thousands prize, however he nonetheless received huge.
Malcolm Meredith, of Manassas, Virginia, purchased a lottery ticket for the Might 20 Mega Thousands and thousands drawing, in accordance with the Virginia Lottery.
Quickly after the drawing, he confirmed his ticket to an individual who informed him it wasn’t a winner, in accordance with an Aug. 4 press launch.
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 Thousands and thousands drawing, simply not the Mega Ball quantity.
Meredith held onto the ticket and weeks later, he obtained a second opinion and came upon he received.
Meredith took the ticket to the state lottery’s Northern Virginia Buyer Service Heart in Woodbridge, Virginia, the place he discovered he received $1 million, the discharge mentioned.
“I hoped and praying,” Meredith informed the Virginia Lottery.
Meredith used the Simple Choose choice, which meant the pc randomly chosen his numbers, the Virginia Lottery reported.
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 Thousands and thousands are one in 12,607,306, in accordance with the Virginia Lottery.
Meredith was the one particular person within the U.S. to match the primary 5 numbers, the company mentioned.
He purchased his ticket at a Harris Teeter grocery retailer in Manassas. The grocery retailer can even obtain $10,000 for promoting Meredith his profitable ticket, the press launch mentioned.
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