Man buys lottery ticket while taking mom out to eat — then she scratches big win
'We were all so happy!' David Mayes, of Culpeper, told the Virginia Lottery, according to a June 26 news release.
Mayes and his family won a prize worth $100,000 in the 10X the Money game, lottery officials said.
He bought the winning ticket for $5 at a grocery store in Warrenton, about a 50-mile drive southwest from Washington, D.C., the lottery said.
The 10X the Money game — which began in September 2022 — is now closed as that was the 12th and final top prize to be claimed, according to lottery officials.
The odds of winning the top prize in the game were 1 in 1,713,600, lottery officials said.
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