It seems that persistence can pay off when playing the lottery — at least in the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia.
A Virginia man played the right numbers again and again and again on Monday to take home a total of $1 million in the Cash 5 game, NBC Washington reported.
The jackpot prize for picking the correct five numbers in the game is $100,000. A car salesman, who was not identified, bought 10 separate tickets — all with the same correct number — to win the $1 million, the Insidenova Website reported.
The odds of picking five out of five winning numbers in the game just once are 278,256:1.
Coworkers at the dealership where the winner worked said he disappeared after hearing the news.
The winning numbers were: 11-13-18-22-28.
Meanwhile, a Maryland woman won $50,000 on a scratch-off ticket for the second time in three months — and she bought both tickets at the same store, WBAL-TV reported.
Maryland Lottery officials said the 42-year-old woman won $50,000 last week on a Big Money Mega Play ticket bought at the Triangle Market.
"I cried the first time I won," said the woman, whose name wasn't released by Lottery officials. "The second time, I just laughed. I couldn’t believe it."
The mother of two said she plans to use her latest windfall to shop and hopefully buy a car.