N.C. man thanks pumpkin for his $150,000 lottery win
Published in Weird News
(UPI) A North Carolina man won a $150,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket -- and he said it's all thanks to a pumpkin.
Hertford resident Roy Story told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he has a Halloween tradition of selling pumpkins from his garden.
"I raise a few pumpkins every year and sell them," Story said. Someone gave me $10 for a pumpkin and I used that to buy the ticket.
Story selected a $5 Xtreme Cashword ticket at the Sun Farms store on U.S. 17 South in Elizabeth City.
"I love to play the crosswords," Story said. I play them all.
The player said he initially didn't realize how much he had won.
"I didn't have my glasses on," he said. I thought it won $1,000.
The prize actually turned out to be $150,000.
Story said his winnings will go toward buying a new truck.
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