Man buys charcoal for cookout on rainy day — and lands huge Virginia lottery win
When Thomas Kirsch went out to buy some charcoal for a cookout in Virginia, he ended up coming home with a lot more than he expected.
Kirsch bought a $300,000 Jumbo Cash ticket while grabbing supplies for his cookout and was shocked when he scratched it off, lottery officials said in a Feb. 21 news release.
He won the jackpot of $300,000, according to lottery officials.
“I’m so excited!” he told lottery officials. “We just couldn’t believe it!”
Kirsch bought his charcoal and a lottery scratch-off ticket at a Food Lion in Norfolk, the retiree told lottery officials.
The odds of winning that top prize are 1-in-816,000, according to the Virginia Lottery.
The lottery win wasn’t the only lucky part of the day either, Kirsch told lottery officials — the weather cleared up as the cookout began, too.
“It was great!” the Norfolk resident said. “The rain stopped just in time.”
This story was originally published February 21, 2023 at 10:35 AM with the headline "Man buys charcoal for cookout on rainy day — and lands huge Virginia lottery win."
