18 year old North Carolina teen wins $1M lottery while heading to his 2nd job. He chose the lump sum prize & will walk away with $426K after taxes.
(He didn’t pick the $50K for 20 years option).
An 18-year-old has won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket while heading to his second job in North Carolina.
Dalton Radford, a public works employee from Dallas, North Carolina, reportedly bought two scratch-off tickets on Friday, Dec. 2, from Will’s Food Store III on Dallas High Shoals Highway in the Old North State, according to a press release issued by the North Carolina Education Lottery.
“I left work and was going to my second job,” Radford told the lottery board, in a statement. “I stopped for a White Monster drink and two Carolina Jackpot tickets.”
“I thought, ‘Hey! I just won a million dollars. I called my mom, dad, and grandpa,” the dual worker recalled. “Everyone was happy.”
Radford told the NC Education Lottery that his grandfather predicted he’d win $1 million two weeks before his scratch-off win.
Radford reportedly claimed his prize on Tuesday at the NC Education Lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
Radford selected the lump sum and he reportedly took home $426,063 after state and federal tax withholdings, according to the lottery board.
Radford told the NC Education Lottery he plans to save most of his winnings, but he’d like to upgrade his vehicle.
The NC Education Lottery is a state-run lottery that raises money for North Carolina schools, students and education programs.
The lottery board’s recent press release noted that the $10 Carolina Jackpot game debuted in June with five $1 million prizes.
Dalton Radford left work and was heading to his second job when he stopped for a Monster energy drink and two Carolina Jackpot tickets, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Radford, a public works employee, checked his tickets in the parking lot of a Will’s Food Store and discovered he won $1 million.
“I thought, ‘Hey! I just won $1 million,’” said Radford. “I called my mom, dad, and grandpa. Everyone was happy.”
He beat odds of 1 in 3.66 million in winning the $1 million prize for the $10 ticket, according to the Carolina Jackpot page on NCLottery.com.
“I left work and was going to my second job,” Radford said when he claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday. “I stopped for a White Monster drink and two Carolina Jackpot tickets.”
The public works employee bought the winning ticket Friday afternoon at Will’s Food Store III on Dallas High Shoals Highway.
He checked his tickets in the parking lot and thought, “Hey! I just won a million dollars,” Radford said. “I called my mom, dad, and grandpa. Everyone was happy.”
Radford will save most of his winnings, but he’ll also buy a new Silverado, he told lottery officials.
After choosing to take home a $600,000 lump sum, he netted $426,063 after taxes, officials said. Radford also could have received the prize as a $50,000 annuity over 20 years.
Players get a second chance with their Carolina Jackpot tickets by scanning the tickets into their lottery accounts, according to the lottery. That automatically enters them into a second-chance drawing. The grand finale drawing features a top prize of $200,000, officials said.
The $10 Carolina Jackpot game launched in June with five $1-million prizes, one of which remains to be claimed.
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