Scratchcard Winner Lands Second Top Prize

Just because you win a big prize once doesn’t mean it can’t happen again. Michael Worsham from Chesapeake in Virginia USA, has won a $1 million scratchcard prize, seven years after a previous $2.5 million success.

It was in 2014 that he won $2.5 million on a Right on the Money scratchcard. Just before that he’d won $100 playing other Virginia Lottery games. Those winnings were used to buy more scratchcards and one made him a millionaire. He told the Virginia Lottery that he’d made his purchase at a 7-Eleven in Chesapeake.

Triple-Take

The scratchcard was checked in his car and he got a massive surprise when revealing a $2.5 million win. "I triple-taked," he said "I couldn't believe it." He told the Virginia Lottery that the Right on the Money scratchcard was “one of my favourite games,” he must love it even more now after that fantastic win.

The lucky scratchcard player accepted that win as a one-off payment of $1.437 million. He wanted to use some of his winnings to pay for his children’s college education. The owner of the Worsham Plumbing company didn’t stop playing scratchcards, which brings us to August 2021 and another big win.

This time he went to a 7-Eleven store situated at Butts Station Road in Chesapeake. It was just 15 minutes drive  from the store where he had his first win. This time he tried his luck on the $30 Extreme Millions scratchcard.

How much?

He knew that his scratchcard was a winner, but not how much. "I thought maybe I'd won a hundred dollars.  "I looked at it again and said, 'This is a million!'" said the shocked winner. Again, he has taken the one-off lump sum payment and received $657,030. He now wants to invest his windfall and also help his children.

The odds on winning the jackpot on the Extreme Millions game is around 1 in 2.94 million. There are still some scratchcards out there that can win you $2.5 million, could this lucky player get a hat-trick of wins?

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