Construction worker wins big in North Carolina lottery. Now he plans to spoil his mom
A North Carolina construction worker scored a jackpot prize — and now plans to spoil his mom.
“I want to buy my mom a new car,” Kirk Nyberg Jr. said Aug. 19 in a news release. “Probably a van for her grandkids.”
Nyberg is considering the generous gesture after he bought a lottery ticket worth $250,000. Officials said he had the stroke of luck after spending a day working outside.
Nyberg made a stop for cigarettes in Vanceboro, near New Bern and roughly 115 miles southeast of Raleigh. While at a Speedway store, he spent an extra $5 to play the Mega Bucks Limited Edition game, according to the N.C. Education Lottery.
It turns out, Nyberg’s scratch-off ticket was worth much more — he kept $177,526 after taxes.
“It’s a game changer for me,” Nyberg, a Craven County resident, said in the news release.
It’s not the first time someone has wanted to share after a big lottery win.
In July, officials said a North Carolina man kept a promise to split his prize money with a longtime friend.
And in South Carolina, a recent jackpot winner expressed interest in helping his mom, McClatchy News reported.
