A Colonial Heights man turns an unusual license plate encounter into a six-figure Pick 3 payday after playing the same numbers 300 times.
RICHMOND, VA – A Virginia man who spotted three 3s on a license plate decided to put $300 on the same lottery numbers, buying 300 identical Pick 3 tickets. The gamble paid off when 3-3-3 appeared in the next night’s drawing, delivering a staggering $150,000 prize.
The Virginia Lottery announced that the Colonial Heights resident, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased 300 separate $1 exact-order tickets for the October 7 evening drawing. Every ticket matched the winning combination, turning 300 individual $500 prizes into a combined six-figure payout…