HENRY COUNTY, Va. – A Collinsville man says he’ll now live debt-free after winning big playing the Virginia Lottery.
Fred Smith had just wrapped up lunch with his son who is in the Navy and left to get back to duty.
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On his way home, he stopped at Eastwood General Store in Axton to get some groceries and also purchased two lottery tickets.
One of those tickets was a $447,559 winner.
“It feels great!” Smith told lottery officials.
The game Smith played, Print ‘n Play Rolling Jackpot, is a Virginia-only, instant-win game that has a starting jackpot of $50,000.
The jackpot increases with each ticket sold until the jackpot is won. The game has three price points: $2, $5 and $10. The $2 ticket can win 20% of the jackpot, the $5 ticket can win 50% of the jackpot, and the $10 ticket can win 100% of the jackpot.
The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 240,000.
So how does Smith plan to use the money?
He said that he intends to pay off his mortgage and live debt-free.