Robeson County man wins $25,000 a year for life prize

August 21, 2023 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:28 PM

Lydell McRae of Shannon tried his luck on a Lucky for Life ticket and won a $25,000 a year for life prize.

He bought his lucky $2 ticket for the July 20 drawing from B&G Grocery on Rennert Road in Shannon. The odds of matching all five white balls are 1 in 1.8 million.

McRae claimed his prize Monday and had the choice of receiving $25,000 a year for the rest of his life or a $390,000 lump sum. He chose the $390,000 lump sum and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $277,875.

Lucky for Life is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through a retail location or Online Play. Lucky for Life drawings are held every night.

Ticket sales from draw games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. The state provided $50 million in grants, using money raised by the lottery, to help Robeson County build a new career and technology high school. For details on other ways Robeson County benefits from lottery funds, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

13 COMMENTS

8/23/2023 06:38 - Linda M.

Congratulations to you Lyndell!!!!

8/23/2023 10:40 - Joe S.

Congrats from Charlotte!

8/23/2023 09:37 - Mary H.

Congratulations:)

8/22/2023 09:52 - Shirley D.

Congrats to all the lucky winners, I'm in itto win it(money) as well !!! I'm going to the Lottery Headquarters to pick up my winnings real soon. I believe ??

8/22/2023 09:02 - Janie B.

Lyndell works with my husband. He always house sits for us when we go on vacation. I promise you a better, more humble man could not have won that money. He deserves every penny. He even still shows up for work. BEYOND deserving. So much more details I could say about him but it's not my place. Beyond happy for him! ??

8/22/2023 07:48 - Kanisha L.

Way to go Lydell!

8/21/2023 10:15 - Julia B.

Donald, I’m from there also from Shannon, also known as Rennert!! This isn’t the first time there has been a big winner and it won’t be the last. He’s very grateful and thankful. He does appreciate anything he’s ever had and so does many other people that live there! We win in small towns too! :)

8/21/2023 09:32 - Tamela W.

Congratulations! Now question for lottery….when will the next Millionaire Maker second chance drawing be? Basing it on the 2 previous ones…it is long past time. I’m sure you have a reason, but was curious. Like is each drawing held after so many tickets are sold? Thank you!NC Lottery
Hi, Tamela! As this ticket is still being sold and there are more top prizes to be won, we are waiting to announce the final second chance drawing date until more of those prizes are won - this gives players the chance to keep playing the game and entering their tickets into the final drawing! :)

8/21/2023 09:03 - Jeff G.

First off, here at the B&G Grocery that is not our first big winner, in the past we have had $20,000.00 , $30,000.00 and $200,000.00 winners on Powerball, and second we are very happy for our recent winner he is good people!!

8/21/2023 07:17 - Mark-Alexander B.

Congratulations on your lucky win!!!

8/21/2023 06:02 - Prem bahadur K.

I have been playing same number since last year and hopefully my number will make me another jackpot winner one day ??

8/21/2023 04:26 - Brent W.

Congratulations, But first time playing the Game. I’ve been playing the Cash since 2006, playing multiple numbers Daily, Weekly, Monthly and cannot get No More than 3 numbers.My personal numbers, QP and Online play all ways no luck, Waiting on my Jackpot.

8/21/2023 02:56 - DONALD S.

I’ve never heard of Shannon North Carolina. No scratch off winners No Powerball winners…nothing. This man needs to really appreciate what he has. This town will probably never see anything else again. I’ve never heard of this town and I lived here for 55 years. Enjoy. The people of Shannon need to think twice before they play the lottery again.this is a one time hit.

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Robeson County man wins $25,000 a year for life prize

August 21, 2023 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:28 PM