Lucky Culpeper guy wins $250k recently in scratch off lottery game

A Culpeper man stopped at a Unionville convenience store last month for coffee and ended up getting really lucky.

This is the second time in as many years that BP Shorts Food Mart, at the intersection of Route 20 and Route 522 in Orange County, sold a winning lottery ticket worth a lot of money.

When Miguel Morales stopped there Aug. 23 for a cup of Joe, he also bought a $250,000 Gold Jackpot scratcher ticket from Virginia Lottery.

Morales won the top prize—a one in 1.63 million chance. “I couldn’t imagine I would win such a large amount,” he told Lottery officials.

Morales is the third and final top prize winner in the $250,000 Gold Jackpot game.

It is the Virginia Lottery policy to end scratch games after the final top prize is claimed, according to a release.