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Dare County college student started screaming after $200,000 win

November 19, 2020 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:25 PM
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Out shopping for dinner, Burak Davrekanli of Hatteras decided to try his luck on two $5 tickets and one of them won him the final $200,000 Mega Bucks top prize.

“I was all the time saying that, ‘One day I will win it. I’m just waiting for that day,’” he said. “It was like a dream.”

Davrekanli, an international student studying liberal arts, purchased his winning $5 ticket from the Food Lion on N.C. 12 in Avon.

“I wasn’t planning to go to Food Lion,” Davrekanli recalled. “And at the last minute I said, ‘Let me go and get a couple things for dinner.’ And then I just got the ticket from the machine and I went back home. For a while I forgot it.”

Later that night, he remembered his tickets and scratched them off.

“I scratched the prize part and the first thing I saw was three 0s,” he recalled. “And I was like, ‘Okay?’ And I kept scratching and there was another 0 and another 0 and then I saw the 2. $200,000. And I just froze.”

When his big win sunk in, Davrekanli started celebrating. “I was alone but I’m pretty sure all of Hatteras Island heard me because I was just screaming!” he recalled, laughing.

Davrekanli claimed his prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $141,501.

“I’m going to use it for my education,” he said. He plans to go into business marketing after graduation.

Davrekanli won the last $200,000 top prize so the lottery will begin steps to end the game.


7 COMMENTS

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11/20/2020 10:37 - Mary H.

Congratulations :}

11/20/2020 07:27 - Michelle B.

I think that the smallest $ amount under each winning number should be no lower than ticket cost. No more $2 x 5 etc. and 20 x $1 on some tickets??? Give me a break!

11/20/2020 03:24 - Denver O.

How did he win $200,000 when the top prize was $100,000?NC Lottery
Hi Denver, good catch! I updated the image to the correct scratch-off.

11/19/2020 11:31 - Neriza H.

Congratulations

11/19/2020 10:59 - john T.

Don’t pay off her loans yet. Biden trying to get student debt forgiven . Hold on you never know just Like the lottery , you never know.

11/19/2020 02:51 - Casselle W.

Congrats young man on your big win! I just need $5.00 for lunch(lol) I'm really happy for you.

11/19/2020 02:15 - William D.

Glad for his win, really hope for a Newer version of Mega Buck.

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