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Grocery Run Becomes Grand Prize Lottery Win In Groveton
The woman didn't win a money prize when she scratched her ticket. In fact, she won the grand prize: a spin on the lottery's Big Wheel.
GROVETON, VA—A trip to the grocery store in Groveton turned into a grand prize for one woman, according to the Virginia lottery.
When Vanessa Ward picked up cabbage for her dad at the 6800 Richmond Highway Giant Food, she also bought a scratch ticket. The WIN A SPIN ticket didn't show a money prize when she scratched it at home. It was something better.
Ward won a spin on the Virginia Lottery's Big Wheel, the ticket's grand prize. She had the chance to win anything between $100,000 and $500,000.
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When she got to spin the wheel at the Virginia Lottery headquarters in Richmond, she scored $225,000.
Ward, who lives in Temple Hills, Md. and works in Alexandria, said her win came at an opportune time. She is planning to retire—and a trip to Disney World isn't out of the question either.
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Prizes for the WIN A SPIN ticket range from $5 to a Big Wheel spin. Chances of winning the top prize are one in 918,000. Four top prizes have been claimed, and four have yet to be claimed.
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