Two Danville siblings won $1 million lottery prize

Two siblings from Danville have come forward to collect $1 million from the Mega Millions drawing.

Jesse Perkins and Mary Crider said they play the lottery when the jackpot gets higher than $200 million. When they bought tickets for the Sept. 20 drawing, one had the first five winning numbers and only missed the top prize estimated at $277 million by one number.

That translated into the $1 million payday. 

“He told me we won, and I said, ‘Come on, it’s not April Fools Day,” Crider told Virginia Lottery officials as they claimed their prize recently.

“I had to look at the ticket a couple of times because I couldn’t believe it,” Perkins added.

The ticket was sold at the Sunrise 6 on Franklin Turnpike, and the store will receive a $10,000 bonus from the lottery.