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Men buy 20 lottery tickets to turn $5,000 top prize into $100,000

By Ben Hooper
Robert Buckner said he and his father bought 20 identical tickets for a Virginia Lottery Pick 4 game, and each ticket earned them $5,000 for a total; $100,000. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery
Robert Buckner said he and his father bought 20 identical tickets for a Virginia Lottery Pick 4 game, and each ticket earned them $5,000 for a total; $100,000. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery

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Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A Virginia father and son turned a $5,000 top prize into $100,000 by purchasing 20 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing.

Robert Buckner of King George said he and his father bought 20 tickets for the Oct. 25 night drawing for the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 game.

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The Buckners chose identical numbers for all 20 tickets, 9-8-7-5, and each ticket won $5,000 when the winning numbers were announced -- earning the men a total $100,000.

"We've been playing these numbers for a long time," Buckner said. "It feels good!"

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