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Virginia Lottery Player Goes “All In”; Plays Pick 4 Game 20 Times, Wins $100,000

I know a lot of you reading this think this story is nuts, but as someone who has written about lottery players for 10 years, I have run across similar stories.

Five years ago, in Washington D.C., I talked with someone who played a Pick4 number and also won $100,000. So it happens.

Now, to the story of the day: “I just had a feeling about that particular number,” said Douglas Holland of Fayetteville, North Carolina.

That particular number was 3851. He played that number 20 times in the December 3 Pick 4 night drawing and won. Since the top prize for each exact order wager in Pick 4 is $5,000, his total winnings for those 20 tickets came to $100,000.

He bought all of the tickets at Kroger, located in Martinsville, Virginia.

“It feels great,” he told Virginia Lottery officials as he claimed his prize. “It will feel even better when I go to the bank.”

Holland works as a mail carrier for the Postal Service. He said he intends to use his winnings to pay bills and maybe buy a new car.

GAMES WE PLAY:

There was no jackpot winner in the Dec. 16 Powerball game so the jackpot rises to $92 million on Dec. 19.

The Mega Millions jackpot has skyrocketed to $140 million. Next draw is Dec. 18.

The Euro Millions jackpot is also huge, at 59 million Euros, or about $83 million USD.

Good luck everyone.

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