West Virginia cancer survivor wins $140k playing Ohio Lottery

BELPRE, Ohio ( WTRF ) — A West Virginia man’s decision to buy a lottery ticket with his son has now changed his life.

Melvin Stubbs III of West Virginia won the $140,001 Rolling Cash 5 prize for the Monday, July 8 draw, according to a press release from the Ohio Lottery.

“I’ve been sick, so I had cancer. I think it’s a blessing to win,” he said in the release.

Ohio Lottery said Stubbs was spending time with his son and decided to go purchase a ticket. When he checked his tickets that night and saw he had won $140,000, Stubbs said that he was overjoyed.

“I was pretty happy about it. I couldn’t sleep that night,” he said.

He says he plans to use his winnings to help his family.

“I’m gonna try to save it up and help my wife because I hadn’t been able to work a few years,” he said.

He will take home $100,800 after mandatory state and federal taxes totaling 28%. The Ohio Lottery did not specify where in West Virginia Stubbs is from, but it did say that the ticket was purchased from Peoples News & Book Mart #4 in Belpre, located at 412 Washington Blvd.

The winning numbers were: 4-5-29-30-31.

Rolling Cash 5 is a daily draw game with drawings held seven days a week at 7:05 pm

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