HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – One man from Hampton found themselves $125,000 richer thanks to the Virginia Lottery’s Holiday Cash 20X .
James Jones, III, from Hampton, decided to try his luck at a Raceway located at 13028 Carrollton Boulevard on Christmas Eve. Jones scratched a Holiday Cash 20X ticket, discovering that he was the winner of the games top prize.
“I looked at my wife, and I said, ‘We got us one!’” Jones told Lottery officials. “When you do win something, it feels good!”
Jones, a carpenter, told Lottery officials that he plans to invest his winnings.
According to the Virginia Lottery , Holiday Cash 20X features prizes ranging from $5 to $125,000. Jones claimed the fourth top prize of the game, meaning there is still one more that remains unclaimed.
The chances of winning the top prize are 1 in 342,720, while the chances of winning any prize in this game are 1 in 4.3, according to Lottery officials.
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