‘Jaw-dropping’ lottery win leaves NC man in disbelief. ‘Had to adjust my glasses’
A lottery player won a “jaw-dropping” prize — and it had him doing a double take.
“I had to adjust my glasses,” Scott Gullickson told the North Carolina Education Lottery. “I was like, ‘Am I seeing this right?’”
Gullickson couldn’t believe his luck when he learned his $50 scratch-off ticket was worth $100,000.
But he has long predicted that he would get richer.
“I really felt that eventually I would win one of these,” the prize winner told lottery officials in a Sept. 19 news release.
Gullickson had a big reason to celebrate after stopping at the Quick Snack gas station in Greensboro. While there, he bought his winning ticket for the $10 Million Spectacular game.
“It was jaw-dropping,” Gullickson said as he claimed his prize, which totaled $71,764 after taxes.
Now, Gullickson hopes to put his prize money toward bills and save for the future. The lucky winner lives in Summerfield, a roughly 10-mile drive northwest from downtown Greensboro.
It’s not the first time a big windfall has left a lottery player wanting a closer look. Another North Carolina winner said he checked his ticket again and again, McClatchy News reported in April.
