Construction worker wins second huge North Carolina lottery prize. ‘I did it again’
Pharris Frank was recently chatting with a friend who asked him how it felt to win $1 million. Frank had won a $1 million North Carolina lottery prize in July 2021.
“I told him that I was going to double it,” Frank, 41, told North Carolina Lottery officials, according to a March 28 news release.
The next day, Frank, who lives in Davie County and works in construction, was out of town for work when he bought a $20 Diamond Dazzler scratch-off ticket from Handy House in Morehead City, officials said.
When Frank scratched that ticket, he wasn’t sure if what he saw was real, he told officials. He had won $2 million — doubling his first prize.
“I didn’t know if I was dreaming or not,” he said. “I was just in shock for a while.”
After seeing his prize, Frank called his wife and told her, “I did it again,” he told officials.
“It’s cool because the first time I won it was two miles from my house and this time I was four and a half hours away,” Frank said. “What are the chances of me being down there at that exact moment in time?”
Choosing to take the lump sum payment, Frank took home $855,006 after taxes, according to officials. He used his first prize to pay for his wedding, and now he plans to take his wife on a trip.
Davie County is about 60 miles north of Charlotte and about 280 miles west of Morehead City.
This story was originally published March 28, 2023 at 5:28 PM with the headline "Construction worker wins second huge North Carolina lottery prize. ‘I did it again’."
