Virginia resident Malcolm Meredith won $1 million in the Mega Millions lottery after being said to have lost. writes about it New York post.
The American bought a lottery ticket at the Harris Teeter convenience store on May 20, but was told after the lottery that he was not one of the lucky ones. After it became known that the first five numbers on Meredith’s ticket still coincided with a computer-generated string of numbers.
He managed to get $1 million, thanks to the American hiding the ticket and taking the original to the Northern Virginia State Lottery Customer Service Center.
“I was hoping and praying,” Meredith told the lottery officials.
The probability of matching the first five numbers in the Mega Millions lottery is one in 12.6 million. Meredith was the only person in the US to match the first five numbers.
Formerly socialbites.ca knowledgeablethat the retiree found the winning lottery ticket in the glove compartment of the car.