A man found a $20 bill on the ground, bought a scratch-off ticket at a lottery, and won $1 million!
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A man from North Carolina, USA, had, let’s say, a double stroke of luck. He found a $20 bill on the ground, used the money to buy a scratch-off ticket at a lottery, and was awarded $1 million.
Jerry Hicks was leaving a convenience store when he saw the bill on the ground; he then decided to invest the found amount and added $5 from his own pocket to buy a $25 scratch-off ticket.
And then luck smiled a second time on Hicks; when scratching his ticket, he discovered that he was the winner of a $1 million prize.
According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, responsible for the tickets, the chances of winning the maximum prize of $1 million were 1 in 2,017,650.
Hicks had two options to claim his prize: receive the total amount, but in payments made over a period of 20 years, or, as he chose, a lump sum payment of $600,000. After deductions, he took home $429,007.
The first thing Hicks plans to do is take the whole family out to eat at his favorite restaurant, and after 56 years of working as a carpenter, he plans to use the money to retire and also to help his children in the future.
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