Aug. 18 (UPI) — A North Carolina man said unexpectedly finding $20 in his pocket led to his winning a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
Thomas Presley of Goldsboro told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he had no intention of playing the lottery Wednesday until he discovered he had $20 in his pocket.
Presley ended up buying a $20 100X The Cash scratch-off ticket from the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Tommys Road in Goldsboro and scratching off a $100,000 prize.
“I was just in shock,” he recalled. “I couldn’t believe it.”
Presley said he had to recheck the ticket before he could believe his win.
“Sometimes I mistakenly look at the numbers wrong,” he laughed.
The winner said he wasn’t the only one who had a hard time believing his luck.
“First I called my wife,” he said. “She didn’t believe it so I took a picture of it to show her.”
Presley said his winnings will go toward some home improvement projects and saving for his daughter’s college education.
