Truck driver wins $500,000 while stopping to buy chicken
SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – A truck driver won $500,000 on a lottery ticket that he bought when he stopped at a grocery store to buy chicken.
According to the Virginia Lottery, Russell Gomes stopped at a Food Lion grocery store in South Boston for some chicken when he decided to buy a Magnificent 7s scratcher.
When he scratched the ticket in the parking lot outside the store, he discovered he’d just won the game’s $500,000 top prize.
“I really didn’t believe it!” he told lottery officials when he redeemed his winning ticket. “It feels great!”
Gomes, who drives a tractor-trailer, said he has no immediate plans for the winnings, except to pay for a previously planned vacation.
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