One person in Craig County is holding a two million dollar lottery ticket.
The winner has not come forward yet but in a town like New Castle with less than 200 people, you can bet the word traveled fast.
"It's the biggest thing that's happened around here for the longest time and I've been with the store for 17 years and this is the biggest lottery winner we've ever had," said IGA Administrative Assistant Lynne Price.
"It hit Facebook, it's all over Facebook, everybody's posting it," said Paul Medley.
"Here we are in a very poor county and somebody won," laugh Jennifer Durling.
The winning ticket was sold at the IGA on Market Street in New Castle. It matched the first five numbers, only missing the Powerball. That would usually only win you a $1 Million. But the person paid an extra dollar for the Power Play and that doubled the prize to $2 Million.
"That's something you hear about, it's not something you see happen, especially somebody you know," said Durling.
While the winner has not been announced, a lot of people say they know who it is.
"He said "I won the lotto!" but we thought he was joking because he always jokes and kids around and he showed us the ticket and he said I'm gonna home and hide it now until tomorrow," said Linda Welch.
"It's good for him, he needs it," said Linda Welch, "He helps the community, he fixed on people's cars."
Now, others are trying their luck, hoping it will strike twice.
"I always split it with whoever sold it to me so we're hoping that she wins so I can split it with her," said Durling.
The store that sold the ticket will get a 10 thousand dollar bonus from the Virginia Lottery.
The winner has 180 days from Saturday's drawing date to claim their prize.
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