Virginia Dad Surprises Newlywed Son with $1M Lottery Ticket Gift

A young man from Prince William County, Virginia, recently collected a whopping $1 million prize after his father gifted him a ticket from the Virginia Lottery’s Cash4Life draw game. The ticket was given as a wedding gift, considering that the young man had only recently got married.

The interesting case involves a man named Aaron Andrews who used to live with his wife since April in his parents’ basement. But after this father purchased a ticket and won the second-biggest prize from Cash4Life, the young man will look for a home for himself and his bride.

Andrews’ father bought the winning ticket from PJ’s Neighborhood Variety Store at 19122-A Fuller Heights Road in Triangle. The fortunate man, described by lottery officials as an “avid lottery player,” used the Easy Pick option. Surprisingly, the man won the August 3 drawing by matching five winning numbers.

But instead of taking advantage of the fortune, the man decided to give the ticket to his son. As a result, Andrews was given the choice to either take $1,000 per week for life or collect a lump cash sum of $1 million.

Selecting the latter, the young man recently collected his million-dollar win. Happy for his son, the father joked around and said: “This was the best way to get him out of my basement.”

Andrews, who recently visited the Virginia Lottery to redeem the winning ticket, was similarly excited. “I have a great father who has done nothing but look out for me,” the young man exclaimed.

The Cash4Life Game Offers Prizes in Nine Different Tiers

Played in ten states, Virginia included Cash4Life grants lottery players a chance to win a prize between $2 and $1,000 a day for life or $365,000 a year for life. The odds of winning the game’s top prize are 1 in 21,846,048.

On the other hand, the chances of matching five winning numbers, which grants a prize of $1 million in cash or $1,000 a week for life, are 1 in 7,282,016. A tier-three prize for matching 4 balls along with the game’s Cash ball awards $2,500 with the chances of that happening being 1 in 79,440.

Cash4Life drawings take place every night at 9 PM. The cost per play is $2, while the odds of winning $2, which is the lowest tier prize, are 1 in 13.