Gloucester lucky resident wins $1 million from Virginia Lottery

Gloucester lucky resident wins $1 million from Virginia Lottery, the winner will soon be a $1 million times richer than before. 

The Gloucester man matched the first five winning numbers in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash4Life drawing on July 13.

He played the game online at valottery.com. The winning numbers were 6-10-18-41-50, and the Cash Ball number was 2. The only number he missed was the Cash Ball number. 

"I’m just in amazement that I won!” McFarland told Virginia Lottery officials. “I had to call my wife into the room to confirm that I was seeing what I was seeing!”

He had to choose between receiving $1,000 every week for the rest of his life or a one-time cash option of $1 million. McFarland chose the cash option.