Golfer skips the holes to try his luck at lottery ticket — and keeps staring at big win
James Murry was supposed to spend a day on the green. Instead, he ended up at a North Carolina convenience store shopping for a lottery ticket.
“I really wasn’t even supposed to be in that store that day,” Murry told NC Education Lottery officials, according to an April 4 news release.
Murry bought his $30 Millionaire Maker ticket at Buy & Go in Chapel Hill, he told officials. Then he headed to his truck to scratch for his prize.
“I’m sitting there doing double, triple, quadruple takes,” Murry said. “I just looked at it and looked at it and looked at it.”
Murry had won a $1 million prize, according to officials.
“It was surreal,” he said. “I guess the ticket was just sitting there waiting for me.”
After taxes on the $600,000 lump sum, Murry took home $427,509, which he said he plans to invest.
This story was originally published April 4, 2023 at 12:12 PM with the headline "Golfer skips the holes to try his luck at lottery ticket — and keeps staring at big win."
