- A Virginia man took a chance and played 20 identical lottery tickets.
- The number hit. Each ticket was worth $5,000, earning him a total of $100,000.
A Virginia man decided to go all out and purchase 20 lottery tickets, picking identical numbers for all of them.
The gamble paid off.
The number was a winner worth $5,000, netting him a total of $100,000.
Fekru Hirpo bought the tickets, choosing the four-digit combination 2-5-2-7, at a gas station in Arlington, Virginia, according to the Virginia Lottery.
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Lottery officials said Hirpo told them that while he normally doesn't "play with so many tickets containing identical numbers," something "just told him" to do it this time.
He added that he has "no immediate plans" for the money he'd won.