Winning the Lottery is the type of event everyone wants to be a part of at least once in a lifetime. The question is how? Antoine Tucker of South Chesterfield enjoys playing a variety of Virginia Lottery games. One day he saw a new scratcher game, Ca$h in Hand, he decided to give it a try so he bought four tickets. He scratched the first and was immediately rewarded with the top prize. The surprise filled the air and then came only joy and hugs.

When Antoine discovered he had won, everyone in the store hugged him. He immediately signed the back of the ticket and put it in his safe when he got home.

Now that he was collected his first big win, he plans to use it to help family and those he loves. “It’s just a blessing that something like this happened to me,” he said with a big smile when he went to pick up his prize at the Lottery Headquarters. Now he can even indulge in paying someone to cut the grass.

Mr. Tucker is the first player to win the top prize in Ca$h in Hand and it was bought at JJ Food Mart at 4800 River Road in Petersburg.

Beginners Luck is worth $1 Million

It is not every day that any given mortal can claim $1 million. But who would be the mortal who actually did claim such an amazing prize without actually even wanting to? Meet our winner, a Conway resident who claimed the $1 million Powerball prize. The winner admits it was sheer beginner’s luck.

“It was my first time playing,” the local admitted.

For some reason he was feeling upset the day he stopped at the Tiger Mart #19 on Wright Blvd. in Conway, he decided to buy a lottery ticket in order to kill the blues. It worked.. The $2 ticket match all five numbers drawn on August 1 to win $1 million (3, 16, 48, 56, and 58 Power Ball: 4). State lottery

“This is too good to be true,” the new millionaire said.