Luck rubbed off from one brother to another in the Virginia lottery.
Danny Mudd, of Sterling, bought a 50X the Money scratch-off ticket last month that yielded a $3 million payday, Virginia Lottery officials said in a news release.
“I couldn’t believe it!” Danny Mudd told Lottery officials as he claimed his prize on Aug. 29. “I was like, “No, this can’t be!”
Winning appears to be a family trait. Mudd’s brother, Terry Mudd, won $1 million in a scratch-off game he played in 2019.
Mudd bought his winning $3 million ticket at the Sheetz convenience store in Sterling, lottery officials said.
He decided to take a lump sum figure of $1,875,000 before taxes, rather than receiving the full $3 million in annual installments stretching over 30 years.
“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Mudd told lottery officials. “I’m just smiling!”
The chances of winning the $3 million top prize are 1 in 1,836,000.