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.”
