Virginia Lottery officials said a husband and wife performed the “winner’s dance” when they scratched off a winning lottery ticket on their front porch.
Virginia Lottery
A husband and wife “spilled coffee everywhere” when they saw their lottery prize, according to Virginia Lottery officials.
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Russell Turner and his wife were on their porch “drinking coffee and scratching some Virginia Lottery tickets” when they saw that they’d won $100,000, according to a March 10 news release.
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“I showed my wife, and she didn’t believe me,” Turner told lottery officials, according to the release. “We were doing the winner’s dance on my porch. We spilled coffee everywhere!”
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Turner bought his ticket at a 7-Eleven in Virginia Beach, according to the release.
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He plans to use the money to “take care of his family,” the release says.
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Turner’s winning ticket was part of the $326,000,000 Fortune game — a scratch-off game that features a top prize of $5 million, the release says. The second prize is $100,000. Turner is the second player to claim that prize, the lottery said. Ten $100,000 prizes remain.
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