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Fistful of Dollars For Dad, Sons Who Bought $1 Million Lottery Ticket in Concord
The owner of the store that sold the ticket, Monument Wines and Spirits,on Monument Blvd., is also receiving a prize of just over $5,000.
A father and his two sons will share a California Lottery prize of more than $1 million from a ticket purchased in Concord late last month, lottery officials said today.
Vasiliy Sholokhov bought 10 chances for the Feb. 28 draw for himself and his two sons, Danil and Vitaliy, he said. The top Powerball prize that night was $80 million, according to lottery officials. Vasiliy Sholokhov was one number away from the grand prize, but still walked away with $1,021,713, before federal taxes, lottery officials said.
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“I saw the jackpot,” Vasiliy Sholokhov said of picking the lucky numbers.
Danil Sholokhov said the news came as a “big surprise.” “I think we were in shock for a few days,” Danil Sholokhov said. “We’re still in shock.”
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Rather than think of what could have been, Vitaliy Sholokhov turned to an old adage, saying, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”
Lottery officials said the family intends to pay off some mortgages with the winnings.
The owner of the store that sold the ticket, Monument Wines and Spirits, located at 2250 Monument Blvd., is also receiving a prize of just over $5,000.
The lucky numbers were 25, 28, 11, 17 and 46, missing the Powerball number of 12. Powerball is a lottery game played in California and 43 other states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tickets cost $2 and draw times are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7:59 p.m. PDT.
---Bay City News
--Image courtesy of California Lottery on Facebook.
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