Halloween pumpkin grower makes $10 sale — then turns it into big lottery prize in NC
A man who grows Halloween pumpkins every year used the money from a $10 sale to buy a lottery ticket in North Carolina.
He turned that money into a $150,000 top prize, the N.C. Education Lottery said in an Oct. 8 news release.
“I raise a few pumpkins every year and sell them,” Roy Story of Hertford told lottery officials.
The morning of Oct. 7, Story stopped by a convenience store in Elizabeth City, and a $5 Xtreme Cashword scratch-off ticket caught his eye, as he told lottery officials he loves crosswords, according to the N.C. Education Lottery.
But when he revealed the numbers on his ticket, he didn’t recognize he had won a top prize.
“I didn’t have my glasses on,” he said. “I thought it won $1,000.”
Story took home $107,251 after taxes and said he plans to buy a truck with his winnings.
He won the first of six top prizes in the game, which debuted Oct. 1, according to lottery officials.
Perquimans County is on the North Carolina coast.
This story was originally published October 8, 2024 at 6:36 PM with the headline "Halloween pumpkin grower makes $10 sale — then turns it into big lottery prize in NC."