VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A Virginia Beach man’s routine Powerball purchase turned into a $100,000 Christmas surprise, thanks to the extra dollar he spent on the Virginia Lottery’s Power Play® feature. That doubled his prize.
At first, Dennis Baker thought the ticket he bought at the Sky Mart at 6016 Indian River Road was worth a couple hundred dollars. He took it to a store to redeem it, but the store informed him because it was worth more than $600, they couldn’t cash it.
Mr. Baker’s Powerball ticket had matched five crucial numbers. The winning numbers for the December 6 Powerball drawing were: 13-14-26-28-44, and the Powerball number was 7. He matched four numbers and the Powerball number…