Lottery player takes break from yard work to buy NC ticket. Prize left her ‘in shock’
A North Carolina lottery player took a break from yard work — and won a prize that left her “in shock.”
Now Jodi Owens, who spent years helping people as a nurse practitioner before she retired, may treat herself.
“I’m gonna pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” Owens told the N.C. Education Lottery after she won $100,000. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure/pedicure too!”
Owens hit the jackpot after she took a pause on yard work. On her way to pick up dog food, officials said she stopped at the Civietown Mini Mart in the Shallotte area.
At the store — roughly 35 miles southwest of Wilmington — Owens spent $30 on a ticket for the Black Titanium scratch-off game. She checked the ticket when she got home and couldn’t believe her luck, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote July 28 in a news release.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens told officials. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens, who is from Shallotte, kept $71,259 in winnings after taxes.
It’s not the first time someone celebrated a big windfall after retiring from a job in the nursing field. Last year, a North Carolina woman who had worked as a certified nursing assistant scored a $2 million lottery prize, McClatchy News reported.
This story was originally published July 31, 2023 at 8:43 AM.
