An optometrist could not believe his eyes after winning nearly $200,000 playing a Virginia Lottery game.
Fairfax County resident Michael Khalil was seeing double this week after realizing that he won a $194,543 jackpot playing a VIP Ultra ticket he picked up in his spare time.
“It feels unbelievable!” he later told Lottery officials. “I never saw myself as a lucky winner!”
Lottery officials said that VIP Ultra is on of dozens of online instant games that are playable through the Virginia Lottery app, with an odds of winning even a small prize at 1 in 2.54 chances.
The doctor, who specializes in optometry, said that there are no immediately plans for his unexpected cash windfall, and that he plans to stash it away for some fun on a rainy day.
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