Lucky lottery player ‘screamed a little bit’ after winning huge prize during snack run
A Virginia man purchased a top prize-winning lottery ticket while on a snack run, lottery officials said.
Lixander Paniagua-Maravilla, a Virginia Beach carpenter, turned a $5 Let’s Make a Deal scratcher into a $100,000 prize, the Virginia Lottery said in a Feb. 18 news release.
Paniagua-Maravilla told lottery officials he “screamed a little bit” after finding out about his good fortune.
“It doesn’t feel real,” he said when redeeming his prize.
He bought his ticket at a grocery store in Virginia Beach, lottery officials said.
He is the second top-prize winner since the game started in October, the lottery said. Prizes range from $5 to $100,000.
The odds of winning a top prize are 1 in 1,305,600, and the odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 4.28, according to the lottery’s website.
