Melvin Akers of China Grove is the latest player to win the $250,000 top prize in the All or Nothing game. His Quick Pick ticket captured the top prize by matching all of the numbers in the Jan. 10 daytime drawing.
But the story doesn't end there.
Akers, who worked as a Rowan County deputy sheriff for 30 years, enjoys talking to people at King’s Quick Stop on West Ryder Avenue in Landis. When the store’s owner told him about the new game and the special promotion the lottery was running to support it, he decided to try the game for the first time.
“He told me if I bought two tickets I’d get a free ticket automatically,” Akers said. “So I bought two tickets and I won on the free one. When they scanned my ticket and told me what I had won, I just stood there feeling stunned.”
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Akers received a check for $173,125. He plans to use his winnings to pay off his mortgage, do some remodeling to his beach house and go fishing.
Remember, the special All or Nothing promotion is still in effect until Jan. 31. Just make a single All or Nothing purchase of $4 on one ticket and you’ll get a free $2 Quick Pick ticket.
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