CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – One Campbell County man had luck on his side when he scratched off a lottery ticket Tuesday.
James Mason, who works in construction, went to the One Stop Market in Altavista to redeem his winnings from a couple of other lottery tickets, according to the Virginia Lottery.
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When he redeemed the tickets, Mason used the money to buy a Supreme Riches ticket.
Supreme Riches features prizes ranging from $20 to $2,000,000, and the chances of winning the top prize are 1 in 1,428,000, the Virginia Lottery said.
Though the chances were slim, Mason took a chance and scratched the Supreme Riches ticket while he was still at the store. To his surprise, he won big.
“I was a little dazed and shocked,” Mason later told Lottery officials. “It feels pretty amazing.”
And Mason, who works in construction, was not the only winner – the Virginia Lottery said the store will also get a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The Virginia Lottery said their profits go to K-12 education in the state, and last year, Campbell County received nearly $6.8 million in lottery funds for K-12 education last fiscal year.
You can see a complete list of lottery funds distributed to Virginia school districts on the Virginia Lottery’s Giving Back page.