Playing with a set of just “random” numbers, Wayne Harris of Supply tried his luck on a Powerball ticket and won a $2 million prize.
“I was shocked when I found out,” he said. “It felt great.”
Harris purchased his winning ticket, using his own numbers, from the Circle K on North Howe Street in Southport.
His $3 Power Play ticket won the largest prize nationally in the July 14 drawing, matching the numbers on all five white balls. With the added Power Play feature, the $1 million prize doubled to $2 million when the 2X multiplier was drawn.
He claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $1,413,902.
Harris, who works as a longshoreman, plans to put some prize money into savings for his children and invest the rest.
Wednesday’s drawing offers a $211 million jackpot as an annuity prize or $153.9 million cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Players can buy Powerball tickets through Online Play on the lottery’s website, www.nclottery.com, with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App, or at any lottery retail location.
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