Man goes to store for bananas and applesauce — and comes back with a big lottery win
His grocery list was simple: bananas and applesauce. Then, the Virginia man picked up an addition — a lottery ticket that ended up being a top prize winner, officials said.
Sherman Morning, from Hampton, won a $100,000 prize after purchasing a $5 ticket for the $100,000 Extreme Cash game during a grocery run, the Virginia Lottery said in a March 14 news release.
“It feels good,” Morning told the lottery when he claimed his prize.
He purchased his winning ticket at a Food Lion in Newport News, lottery officials said.
This was the first top prize out of three available in the game, which began in January, according to lottery officials.
The odds of winning a top prize are 1 in 1,101,600, the lottery said.
The game features prizes ranging from $5 to $100,000. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.18, according to the lottery.
This story was originally published March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM with the headline "Man goes to store for bananas and applesauce — and comes back with a big lottery win."
