Fredericksburg Man Has The Perfect Job For His Lottery Win

Almost everyone has thought about how they would spend their imaginary lottery winnings. How much do I invest? What amount should I save? How big should my boat be? But most of us never get the chance to put our plan to work.

Majid Hassan smiles wide as he holds his check for $187,391 that he won playing the Virginia Lottery earlier this year.
Photo Credit: *Virginia Lottery*

Josh Lanier

06/24/2022 9:19 a.m.

Majid Hassan will, and he's got the perfect job to answer those questions. The Fredericksburg man won more than $180,000 in the Virginia Lottery Cash 5 earlier this year when he matched all five numbers — 2-21-26-39-40. He grabbed a ticket on his ride home from work at the Super Giant at 550 Celebrate Virginia Parkway for the March 26 drawing.

Hassan has a leg up on other lottery winners since he works in finance, but he was still at a loss when he realized he'd won.

"What do I do?" he recalled thinking when he spoke to the Virginia Lottery earlier this month. "Tell everyone?"

But he eventually figured out what to do: enjoy it.

"It’s unbelievable!" he said. "There’s no feeling like it!"

According to the lottery, the odds of getting all five numbers in the Cash 5 game are 1 in 749,398.

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