'This was the best way to get him out of my basement' | Father gives son $1M lottery ticket as wedding gift

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — It's never fun to tell a family member it's time to leave, but giving them $1 million sure softens the blow. 

According to the Virginia Lottery, a Prince William County father saw the chance to get his basement back from his son and recent daughter-in-law in the form of a winning Cash4Life® ticket. 

Aaron Andrews married his wife in April. Since then, the newlyweds have been living in his father's basement. 

When his father, who is an avid lottery player, bought the ticket at PJ’s Neighborhood Variety Store on Fuller Heights Road in Triangle, he matched the first five winning numbers. That win comes with the opportunity to receive $1,000 every week for life, or a one-time cash payment of $1 million. 

Rather than dollar signs in his eyes, an empty basement flashed across his mind as Andrews's father decided to give the winning ticket to his son as a wedding gift. 

 “This was the best way to get him out of my basement," Andrews's father said jokingly. 

Andrews says he and his wife plan to use the money to buy a new home. 

“I have a great father who has done nothing but look out for me!” Andrews told Virginia Lottery officials as the winning ticket was redeemed.