March 9 (UPI) — Emmanuel Sumigcay of Norfolk, Va., was able to double his Powerball earnings by spending an extra dollar for Power Play, resulting in $100,000.
Sumigcay, using numbers that represented important family dates, had correctly selected four numbers plus the Powerball number.
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Under normal circumstances, this would have resulted in a $50,000 cash prize, however, the extra dollar spent on Power Play doubled his earnings.
Sumigcay discovered he had won the Virginia Lottery’s Powerball at 3 a.m. after working the late shift, causing him to immediately wake up his wife.
The winner told lottery officials that he will put the $100,000 towards retirement.
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