Manassas Man Wins $177,777 After Stopping For Meal In Alexandria

MANASSAS, VA — A Manassas man was working construction in the Alexandria area when he wanted to get some dinner. Luis Vasquez decided to stop at Mama’s Chicken at 6257 Little River Turnpike.

While he was there, Vasquez bought some Virginia Lottery tickets and scratched them in the store. When he scratched his Lucky 7s Tripler ticket, he discovered he had won the $177,777 top prize.

“I got nervous,” Vasquez told the Virginia Lottery. “I couldn’t believe it. I told my wife, and she couldn’t believe it either.

Vasquez bought the fourth and final top prize in Lucky 7s Tripler, which means the game is closed. It is the Virginia Lottery’s policy to end Scratcher games after the final top prize is claimed. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 1,040,400, while the odds of winning any prize were 1 in 4.21.

The Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.6 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.