Gaston County man ‘couldn’t believe’ he won $1 million prize

March 12, 2021 Posted by NC Lottery at 8:03 AM

When Dewey Smith of Belmont scratched off his 50X The Cash ticket and saw a $1 million prize, he couldn’t believe his eyes.

“I couldn’t believe it to start with,” he recalled. “I kept looking at it and kept looking at it and then I ran it through the scanner and then I knew it was real.”

Smith purchased his winning $10 ticket from the Kingsway on Market Street in Cramerton.

“I’m really excited,” he said as he claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters. “I just couldn’t believe it.”

Smith had the choice of taking the $1 million as an annuity of 20 payments of $50,000 a year or a lump sum of $600,000. He opted for the lump sum and took home $424,503 after required state and federal tax withholdings.

The 50X The Cash game launched in February with six top prizes of $1 million. Three remain to be won.

13 COMMENTS

3/17/2021 04:58 - Douglas H.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Awesome win. Enjoy it all

3/15/2021 10:43 - john a.

The last few day's when I try to enter my tickets for lucke awards, I get a message saying my account can't be verified. I have to click refresh after every entry to get it to take.NC Lottery
Hi John, sorry about that, sounds frustrating. Please contact Online Play Customer Support about this issue and they should be able to access your account to diagnose the problem. Their contact info can be found here: https://nclottery.com/help. Online Chat is typically the fastest way to reach them. Thanks, we appreciate your patience in getting this sorted out.

3/15/2021 09:05 - larry b.

congrats on the win!!

3/14/2021 07:39 - carolyn l.

This is not about the 1 million dollar winner. But Congratulations with the WIN!! I anyone else having trouble entering their ticket numbers for "Lucky-Rewards"? I have tried repeatedly but it goes back to the main page and I can't seem to pull the page up to enter the numbers. Thanks! Good Luck to ALL. NC Lottery
Hi Carolyn, sorry about that. If you are using the app, please make sure that you have updated to the most recent version. If you are using the website, this often happens when a user has been logged out due to inactivity, so please make sure that you have logged in to your account before attempting to use the scanner. If you still run in to difficulties you can speak with Online Play Customer Support here: https://nclottery.com/help. They should be able to help you solve this problem. Thanks!

3/14/2021 06:11 - Saifelnasr M.

????

3/14/2021 01:52 - Mary B.

That's great congrats to you!!

3/14/2021 09:24 - Radford H.

Hopefully people don't blow their stimulus on scratch tickets. Lol

3/14/2021 12:28 - Roy M.

Congratulations, be safe and be thankful

3/13/2021 06:33 - Louis A.

Awesome win!

3/13/2021 06:05 - Burnell H.

Happy for you, maybe it will be me the next time I purchase a ticket.

3/13/2021 08:23 - Gloria C.

Congratulations to you and I wish very many more wonderful wins

3/12/2021 10:41 - Monica S.

Congratulations to the winner. Hopefully there's a top prize here in Murfreesboro. We never win anything big

3/12/2021 09:45 - Douglas H.

Fantastic win Dewey!!!!! Enjoy it :-)

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Gaston County man ‘couldn’t believe’ he won $1 million prize

March 12, 2021 Posted by NC Lottery at 8:03 AM

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