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Lottery Jackpot
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Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service
A veteran who served in the Army for more than two decades can retire a little easier after winning a near million dollar Virginia Lottery jackpot. When Chester resident Christopher Leydic - also a veteran lotto player - saw that the Cash 5 with EZ Match game reverted to it's $200,000 starting point, he says he thought to himself "oh, somebody won it" over the weekend. Days later, he realized that he, in fact, was the one who won the $958,740 jackpot on the Saturday, Aug. 17 drawing to reset that jackpot. All from a ticket that was purchased online. “It was unbelievable!” Leydic told…