COEBURN, VA – A Wise County man watching a football game ended up scoring his own win when he scratched a Virginia Lottery ticket and revealed a $200,000 second prize from the 50X the Money game.

Donald Williams purchased the winning ticket at the Roadrunner Market, located at 577 Front Street West in Coeburn. The $200,000 prize is the second-tier award in the 50X the Money scratcher, which offers a range of prizes from $20 up to $3 million.

According to Virginia Lottery officials, this was the first $200,000 prize claimed in the game. Two more second-tier prizes remain unclaimed, along with two top prizes of $3 million. The odds of winning the $3 million top prize are 1 in 1,142,400. Overall odds of winning any prize in 50X the Money are 1 in 3.03.

Williams has not indicated any immedi

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