Lucky lottery player wins top prize during shopping trip. ‘About passed out!'
A Virginia man scored a top prize from a lottery scratch-off ticket he purchased for $10 during a shopping trip, lottery officials said.
Nelson Giddens won a top prize, worth $300,000, in the King of Crossword game, the Virginia Lottery said in a May 15 news release.
'I about passed out!' Giddens told lottery officials.
He purchased his ticket at a gas station in Painter, about a 65-mile drive north from Virginia Beach, lottery officials said.
The King of Crossword game, which started Jan. 10, has prizes ranging from $10 to the $300,000 top prize, according to the game's web page.
The odds of winning a top prize are 1 in 979,200 and the odds of winning overall are 1 in 3.69, lottery officials said.
Two of the three top prizes remain, according to the lottery.
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