$1 Million Lottery Ticket Claimed By Triangle Man

TRIANGLE, VA—When Anthony Wesley's wife recently returned home from shopping, according to the Virginia Lottery, she casually remarked: "Hey, someone won for a million dollars at Shoppers—was it you?" Half-jokingly, the Triangle man replied: "It probably was."

Then he began to truly process her question, because he had, in fact, bought a Mega Millions ticket in the Dumfries Shoppers at Fortuna Center Plaza for the April 16 drawing. Sure enough, his ticket matched the first five numbers—11-29-34-48-54—and only missed the Mega Ball number of 10. He used Easy Pick, which allows a computer to randomly select the numbers.

Wesley said he plans to invest the money for his children.