A North Carolina woman won a huge prize on a lottery scratch-off ticket.
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A North Carolina woman trusted her instincts and bought a $50 lottery ticket, and it led to a huge win.
“My gut feeling just told me to buy that ticket,” Mary Barbour told lottery officials, a March 14 news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery said.
The woman bought the $10 Million Spectacular scratch-off ticket at a convenience store in Four Oaks.
“That was the first time I’ve bought a $50 ticket,” she said.
But Barbour said she had luck from that store before when she won $10,000.
“That was my biggest win before this,” she said.
This time, her prize was $100,000.
After taxes, she took home $71,764. She said she plans to use the money to pay bills and “pay for a birthday beach trip for her grandson.”
Four Oaks is about a 35-mile drive southeast of Raleigh.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
Jennifer Rodriguez is a McClatchy National Real-Time reporter covering the Central and Midwest regions. She joined McClatchy in 2023 after covering local news in Youngstown, Ohio, for over six years. Jennifer has made several achievements in her journalism career, including receiving the Robert R. Hare Award in English, the Emerging Leader Justice and Equality Award, the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and the Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award.
