Lottery player’s age leads him to jackpot win in North Carolina. ‘Came right on time’
A lottery player’s age led him to a jackpot win — and it “came right on time.”
Jamar Tillman of North Carolina may buy a new house after he discovered his ticket was worth $200,000.
“I about passed out,” Tillman told the N.C. Education Lottery in a Nov. 6 news release. “It felt great though.”
Tillman hit the jackpot after he stopped at Green Street Grocery in High Point. At the store, he spotted a scratch-off that was in slot No. 44 on the lottery ticket dispenser.
“I’m 44 years old and when I saw the scratch-off on No. 44, I decided to buy that one,” Tillman said in the release.
His strategy paid off when his $5 ticket made him much richer. He beat more than 1-in-a-million odds to score the top prize in the Triple Red 777’s game, according to the lottery’s website.
Tillman, who is from High Point, kept $143,001 after taxes.
It’s not the first time a number with a personal meaning has led someone to score a windfall. Another lottery player won with picks inspired by the ZIP code of his new North Carolina property, McClatchy News reported.
