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By , CNNLink Copied!Ad FeedbackWant more inspiring, positive news? , a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning.&nbsp;—&nbsp;Sometimes you just gotta go with a feeling.Kwame Cross bought 160 this month for a Virginia Lottery Pick 4 . And he played exactly the same four-digit combination for every ticket: 7-3-1-4.That combination, on December 5, proved to be a winning one, bringing Cross an $800,000 payday.“I saw an address in a TV show, in the background, and for some reason it stayed with me,” , according to a news release. “I just had a feeling.”Those numbers hit the Pick 4 top prize of $5,000, which was multiplied 160 times to earn Cross the huge payout. The chance of matching all four numbers in exact order is 1 in 10,000, according to the Virginia Lottery.“I thought, ‘This can’t be real!’” he said. “I had to pull over and check, like, 82 times. It feels surreal!”Cross, who owns a small business in Washington DC, told lottery officials he has no immediate plans for the money. He bought the tickets from a Sunoco gas station in Arlington.Ad FeedbackAd FeedbackAd FeedbackAd Feedback

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad FeedbackWant more inspiring, positive news? , a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning.&nbsp;—&nbsp;Sometimes you just gotta go with a feeling.Kwame Cross bought 160 this month for a Virginia Lottery Pick 4 . And he played exactly the same four-digit combination for every ticket: 7-3-1-4.That combination, on December 5, proved to be a winning one, bringing Cross an $800,000 payday.“I saw an address in a TV show, in the background, and for some reason it stayed with me,” , according to a news release. “I just had a...

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