$1 lottery ticket turns into big win for man who just moved. ‘North Carolina is lucky’
A man moving from out of state tried his luck on a North Carolina lottery ticket — and won a huge prize.
“It’s coming at a good time,” Daniel Brose, who has spent less than a month living in his new state, told the N.C. Education Lottery.
Brose hit the jackpot after he went to a Food Lion grocery store in Advance, a roughly 20-mile drive southwest from Winston-Salem. While there, he bought his first-ever ticket for the Cash 5 drawing game.
Brose’s $1 ticket turned into a much bigger prize of $100,000. He had played the lottery in Florida and Pennsylvania but kept missing out on jackpot wins, lottery officials wrote in a July 16 news release.
“I guess North Carolina is lucky,” Brose said.
Brose, who lives in Davie County, kept $71,502 after taxes. He hopes to spend the prize money on items for his new house.
It’s not the first time a new North Carolina resident has had a big reason to celebrate. Another man moved to the state to be near his twin brother before he got richer, McClatchy News reported in December.
This story was originally published July 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM with the headline "$1 lottery ticket turns into big win for man who just moved. ‘North Carolina is lucky’."
