Plumber collects jackpot in Virginia lottery — and still can’t convince dad it’s real
Winning the lottery may be a difficult feat, but for one plumber in Virginia, his challenge came after he snagged a jackpot prize.
Colonial Heights resident Nicholas Briglia won $566,000 playing the 10 Years of Cash game. When he realized how much he won, he tucked the ticket in his pocket and headed home, according to an Oct. 18 news release from the Virginia Lottery.
Then came the hard part, he told lottery officials: convincing his parents that the ticket was the real deal.
“They didn’t believe me,” he told lottery officials when he picked up his prize. “My dad still doesn’t believe.”
Briglia, who is a commercial plumber, bought his lucky ticket at Colonial Market Place, according to the release.
The odds of winning the jackpot in the game are 1 in 2,856,000, according to the Virginia Lottery.
This story was originally published October 21, 2022 at 2:35 PM with the headline "Plumber collects jackpot in Virginia lottery — and still can’t convince dad it’s real."
