Two-time NC lottery jackpot winner has grand vacation plans with his wife
A two-time North Carolina jackpot winner looks forward to treating his wife to a grand getaway after his latest big prize, N.C. lottery officials said Friday.
Leonard Burch thought he scored $1,000 with his $10 Jackpot 7s ticket Thursday night, according to a lottery news release.
He asked the clerk at the Highland Creek BP on Ridge Road in Charlotte to check the ticket to make sure, officials said.
“There it is,” he said the store clerk told him, according to the lottery. “You won!”
Burch hit a $42,361 Fast Play jackpot, officials said.
The Huntersville man beat odds of 1 in 240,000, according to the Fast Play page on N.C. Lottery.com.
Burch became the 100th Fast Play jackpot winner since the game began in North Carolina one and a half years ago, officials said.
“On average, someone has won a jackpot about once a week,” officials said in the news release.
“The rolling, progressive jackpot increases with every ticket sold until it is won and it starts over at $20,000,” according to the release.
The jackpot reached $40,882 on Saturday morning and was still climbing, according to the Fast Play page on NCLottery.com.
In July, the No. 7 also was good to Burch, officials said, as he claimed a $100,000 prize in the Ultimate 7’s scratch-off game. Odds in that game stand at 1 in 3.12 million, according to the Ultimate 7’s page on the lottery website.
As for his latest win, he took home $30,083 after taxes, officials said.
That may mean a “good vacation” to Hawaii for him and his wife, Burch told officials when he claimed his prize.
This story was originally published April 9, 2022 at 9:52 AM.