A strange way to win a million dollars playing a lottery ticket / myLot

Lottery ticket story from North Carolina

Lake Charles, Louisiana

October 29, 2024 2:37pm CST

Banner Elk North Carolina resident Jerry Hicks is person who found an unusual way to spend money that he found on a street in the parking lot of a Speedway store on Tuesday October 22. Jerry used the $20 dollar bill he found on the parking lot and he decided to purchase an Extreme Cash scratch off ticket which resulted in Jeremy winning the prize of $1 million dollar prize before taxes. Jeremy cashed his winning ticket at the North Carolina lottery tickets headquarters to have his payments of receiving $50,000 dollars for the next 20 years which will be $429,007 dollars after taxes. Jeremy plans to retire from his current line of work to take care of his family. Link is today.com/news/good-news... via @Todayshow

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rakski

@rakski (120025)

• Philippines

29 Oct

One lucky man he is!!

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

I am in agreement with you.

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rakski

@rakski (120025)

• Philippines

30 Oct

@Deepizzaguy thank you

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

@rakski You are welcome.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60708)

• Centralia, Washington

29 Oct

That's a lot taken for taxes.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

That is true.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (91719)

• United States

29 Oct

I’m tired of the taxes taking so much money from people. The government doesn’t even handle them responsibly.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Oct

You are right that the taxes being taken out of lottery winnings is too much.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (165740)

• Boise, Idaho

29 Oct

He's a lucky man. I wouldn't do the payments but to each his own.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Oct

I agree with you that Jeremy is a lucky man.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (79231)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Oct

His Guardian Angles put the money there for him to find,

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Oct

I am in agreement with you.

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (9250)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

30 Oct

i would retire too. great way of reusing the money he found.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

Same with me.

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (9250)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

15h

@Deepizzaguy

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (338434)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Oct

That's pretty amazing. He certainly had a lucky day.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

I am in agreement with you.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13816)

• India

30 Oct

How lucky of him. He found the 20 dollar in a parking lot and decided to buy a lottery ticket ?? and wins the prize. And his response is praiseworthy as well.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (101894)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

I am in agreement with you.

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