Video: $10 million Ultimate Millions winner describes winning feeling

Michael Hill of Leland said he almost missed out on winning a $10 million lottery prize.

Hill, a nuclear plant worker, stopped by the Maco Depot on Maco Road in Leland and bought an Extreme Millions scratch-off ticket. When he didn’t win, he went back to the clerk who sold it to him.

“I joked with her, ‘How come you didn’t sell me a winning ticket?’” Hill said. 

He said he decided to try one more time, switching games to Ultimate Millions. He knew the game had one more $10 million prize to be won and decided to take his chance. He took the ticket back to his car in the store’s parking lot and began scratching. That’s when he found out just how much he won. Watch the video to find out how he reacted.

 Hill claimed the prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. He had the choice of taking a $10 million annuity that has 20 payments of $500,000 a year or a lump sum of $6 million. Hill plans to use some of the money to pay off bills. He also plans to invest the money in his wife’s instructional design business. 

The Ultimate Millions game isn’t over yet, there’s still a $1 million prize to be won as well as a second-chance drawing for $1 million.