Man waiting to cash in $1,000 lottery ticket wins another $177,777

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SaraAnnRapp — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:07:42 GMT

That's great! Congrats to this guy. I love hearing about wins like this.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Wed, 13 May 2020 04:30:19 GMT

Jeff found another K117. Here's how he did it..

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Tang — Tue, 12 May 2020 21:21:35 GMT

Congrats!

There are more winning tickets sold near lottery headquarters in Richmond than anywhere else in Va. Why is that

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Cassie8620 — Tue, 12 May 2020 03:37:00 GMT

He shall be blessed in life, i see he already is.

Love [generous wonderful kind people]who possess

insta-thoughts of an act of a beautiful kind blessing,

to be bestowed on others of less fortune et.al.,

A( RARE heart) God bless him.

If i win the big one like the six figure's and up i sure would...

Heck,

i already do with winning a bunch of per year pick 4's in California

and for years now living east coast here in N.C. God bless this man. Congratulations.... [ More ]

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wander73 — Mon, 11 May 2020 22:39:28 GMT

i wonder what the ticket number was.

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cottoneyedjoe — Mon, 11 May 2020 22:09:33 GMT

He's got a generous spirit, congrats to him.

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wander73 — Mon, 11 May 2020 21:58:14 GMT

That is awesome. Some people are lucky.

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Wit24 — Mon, 11 May 2020 21:12:10 GMT

Congrats Jeff.

$178K winnings is definitely awesome. Your wishes and prayers of ONE IS ONE DAY has been granted.

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sully16 — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:31:04 GMT

Awesome sauce, congrats Jeff.

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:01:20 GMT

Great win, Jeff.

Landscaping sounds like hard work to me.

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CDanaT — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:53:48 GMT

Having a $178K payday isn't a bad thing to have during these trying times. Congrats Jeff.

Man waiting to cash in $1,000 lottery ticket wins another $177,777

Lottery Post — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:13:37 GMT

A Virginia man waiting to cash in his $1,000 winning lottery ticket ended up winning an additional $177,777 before collecting his prize.

Jeff Melick of Newport News told Virginia Lottery officials he was waiting until the lottery's customer service centers reopened to cash in his $1,000 winning scratch-off ticket when he purchased a Lucky 7s Tripler ticket.

The ticket turned out to be a $177,777 top prize winner.

I kind of went numb, Melick said. I was doing good with the $1,000 winner... [ More ]