Two incredibly lucky men from Floyd, Virginia, recently won six-figure prizes after participating in games from the Virginia Lottery.
Lottery Player Nearly Misses $100K Prize After Forgetting Ticket
The name of the first winner is Michael Dunbar, who recently purchased a ticket for the Lottery’s Extra Play scratcher game. The man bought the winning ticket at Floyd Express Market on East Main Street in Floyd. Dunbar nearly missed his chance for a sweet $100,000 payday after initially forgetting the ticket at the store where he purchased it.
Once outside of the store, the man remembered that he just bought the ticket and rushed back in to collect it. Dunbar found the ticket sitting at the counter, exactly where he left it moments ago. Once the lottery player took the ticket, he went back home and was shocked to realize that he had won one of the scratch game’s top prizes.
While at home, Dunbar scratched the ticket off and found out that he won $100,000. The news came as a shock for the man who asked his daughter to check the ticket as he couldn’t believe what happened initially. “I asked my daughter to look at the ticket and make sure I’m not crazy,” said Dunbar while speaking to Virginia Lottery officials.
The chances of winning $100,000 from the Lottery’s Extra Play scratch-off game are 1 in 1,305,600. Luckily for Dunbar, he won the grand prize even though initially forgot his ticket at the store. Considering the latest $100,000 win, only one such top prize remains in play from the scratch-off game.
Easy Pick Option Helps a Man Score a Jackpot
While Dunbar enjoys his new fortune, he isn’t the sole winner from Floyd to collect a hefty lottery prize recently. On Wednesday, the Lottery confirmed that another man from Floyd hit a sweet jackpot.
This is the case of Michael Tulley, a retired paramedic who won a staggering $245,000 prize from the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game.
The incredibly lucky man purchased his winning ticket from West End Market at 269 Floyd Highway South in Floyd. Tulley used the game’s Easy Pick option to select the numbers 3-13-22-34-45. Those random numbers ultimately got the lucky man his sweet $245,000 win.
The odds of matching all winning numbers from the Cash 5 game are 1 in 1,221,759. Luckily for Tulley, the drawing on October 10 brought him the game’s top prize. When asked by Lottery officials about his plans for the jackpot win, the lottery player didn’t say anything specific other than just paying some bills.
