Malcolm Meredith said he was initially told his Mega Millions ticket for the May 20 drawing was not a winner, and he didn't discover until weeks later that the ticket was worth $1 million. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery
Meredith said he hung onto the ticket, but didn't discover until weeks later that the ticket was a winner.
He said the scanned ticket did not give him a prize amount, so he took it to the Virginia Lottery's Northern Virginia Customer Service Center in Woodbridge, where he discovered he had won $1 million by matching the first five numbers from the drawing.
The Harris Teeter store was awarded a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
