“I showed the ticket to the store manager, and he told me to sign the ticket.” “It was unexpected,” Pichshev of Fairfax City told Virginia Lottery officials. (Courtesy Virginia Lottery)A man in Fairfax, Virginia, decided on a whim to buy a few scratch-off tickets from the lottery machine after doing some grocery shopping.Īlexandr Pichshev recently won $5 million on the “$326,000,000 Fortune ticket” scratch-off game at the Safeway at 3043 Nutley Street in Fairfax, according to a news release from the Virginia Lottery. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.Īlexandr Pichshev won $5 million after purchasing a scratch-off ticket at a Safeway in Fairfax, Virginia.