If you find a coin connected nan crushed heads up, it's agelong been considered bully luck.
And for 1 Virginia man who recovered a fortunate penny and past utilized it to scratch disconnected a winning lottery ticket, it looks for illustration nan adage mightiness beryllium true.
Tim Clougherty of Accomack County, Virginia, purchased a lottery summons connected April 29, 2024, that offered nan prize of $10,000 a month for 10 years erstwhile he noticed a penny successful nan parking batch of nan Mini Mart.
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When he arrived backmost home, Clougherty utilized nan penny to scratch disconnected nan numbers connected nan ticket. When he did, he won nan expansive prize.
"It took a week to really commencement sinking in," Clougherty told lottery officials, per nan Virginia lottery.
Instead of choosing nan monthly payout, he took a lump sum successful cash, which amounted to $1,028,000 earlier taxes.
The $10,000-a-month crippled first deed stands connected January 2 and costs each subordinate $20 per summons to buy.
According to nan Virginia lottery, nan likelihood of winning nan game's apical prize is 1 successful 612,000, pinch 2 of nan apical prizes still remaining.
Last year, a Virginia woman deed nan $1 cardinal jackpot lottery for nan jackpot aft already winning a $500,000 online prize earlier successful nan aforesaid week.
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"I'm successful shock!" Jennifer Minton told lottery officials astir nan triumph past November. "I'm successful disbelief!"
The Virginia Lottery raised an estimated $867 cardinal past year, each of which went to K-12 acquisition successful nan state.