Abdellatif Tlili of Raleigh stuck with the numbers 8-8-8-8 in the Pick 4 game for years and his persistence paid off with a $100,000 win.
“I almost gave up a couple times but I’m glad I didn’t,” Tlili said. “It was my dream to win.”
Tlili won his big prize when “Quads” came up in the Jan. 12 afternoon Pick 4 drawing. The drawing produced $12.2 million in prizes for lottery players, the most ever won in a single drawing in the game.
The game’s top prize of $5,000 went to all 8-8-8-8 players with a $1 ticket. Tlili had 20 $1 tickets that he purchased using Online Play so he won a combined $100,000.
“I was with my wife and kids when we found out,” he recalled. “We all started jumping up and down.”
Tlili said he plays 8-8-8-8 because of advice from an old friend.
“She told me to keep playing the 8’s,” Tlili said. “I had told her I won with 8-8-8 playing Pick 3 and she said I should just add one more 8 and do Pick 4.”
He claimed his prize on Tuesday at lottery headquarters and, after required state tax withholdings, took home $95,751.
Tlili plans to use his winnings to help take care of his children.
Pick 4 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
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