A risky Virginia lottery player won no less than $1 million dollars in a draw where the jackpot was only $5 thousand dollars. However, the man managed to accumulate $1 million in winnings thanks to the fact that he bought 200 tickets with the same number.
The player, named Ali Ghaemi, of the city of Alexandria, told Virginia state lottery officials that he was preparing to leave town and decided to bid the city farewell by giving himself 130 lottery tickets from the game’ Pick 4′.
Each one of the tickets cost $1 dollar and they were for the drawing on September 6.
The tickets were purchased by Ghaemi at the Safeway store located on Anderson Road and he selected the numbers 0-2-6-5 in all they. These numbers represent the player’s month and year of birth.
All of Ghaemi’s numbers were awarded in the draw, which gave him the chance to win 130 top prizes of $5 thousand dollars, giving him a total of $1 million.
The player said that he was calm all the time when he discovered that his big bet had made him a millionaire, as reported in the UPI news portal.
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