‘Dark Arts’ lottery game brings big win to NC player. ‘Right place, right time’
A man had the Halloween spirit on his side before a big lottery win in North Carolina.
Stedman resident William Cox was playing his favorite digital instant game on Oct. 24, when he put $5 toward the jackpot, according to an Oct. 30 news release from the NC Education Lottery.
The game is called The Lamp: Dark Arts, and Cox played into the “Cadabra” jackpot, according to the release.
“The dark arts always draw me back,” Cox told lottery officials.
The game works as a progressive jackpot in which the prize increases the more people play, and Cox hit it big.
The lottery player snagged the middle-level jackpot and won $123,503, lottery officials said.
The odds of winning were 1 in 6.4 million.
“I was like, ‘This is unbelievable,’” Cox told officials. “I’ve never won anything like this in my life.”
Cox claimed his prize and took home $88,615 after taxes, according to lottery officials.
“It was just the right place, right time,” Cox said.
The lottery player intends to use his winnings to visit his grandchildren in Michigan and pay some bills, he said.
The Lamp: Dark Arts game starts at 50 cents and goes up to $30 plays, according to the lottery, and the jackpot restarts at $25,000 after a win.
Stedman is in southeastern North Carolina, about a 150-mile drive east from Charlotte.
