Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A Virginia man bought 24 tickets bearing the numbers 8-8-8-8 for the same Pick 4 drawing and ended up winning a total $120,000.
Dennis Fears of Chesapeake told Virginia Lottery officials he bought 24 identical tickets for the same Pick 4 drawing at the 7-Eleven store on Portsmouth Boulevard in Chesapeake.
Fears' number combination, 8-8-8-8, paid off in the drawing, earning him 24 $5,000 top prizes -- a grand total of $120,000.
Fears said he has not yet made any plans for his winnings.