Grandma taking a break from work buys lottery ticket. Prize leaves her ‘stunned’
A grandmother bought a lottery ticket on her break from work — and hit the jackpot.
“This is really going to come in handy,” prize winner Nora Huntley told the North Carolina Education Lottery. “It’s a blessing.”
Huntley, who has 15 grandchildren, hopes to share money with her family after winning $200,000.
But when she first looked at her ticket, she skipped over some zeroes.
“I saw a two and zero so I thought I won $20,” she told lottery officials in an Oct. 16 news release. “I was stunned.”
Huntley won big at the Marathon Food Center in Polkton, a roughly 45-mile drive southeast from uptown Charlotte. She works at the store and tried her luck while on break .
It turns out, her $5 ticket won a top prize in the 5 Times Lucky scratch-off game. She kept $143,501 after taxes.
“I just got lucky,” said Huntley, who lives in Polkton.
It’s not the first time a lottery player has been mistaken. Another North Carolina winner thought her ticket was worth $250, but she was missing a few zeroes, McClatchy News reported in December.
