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A birthday gift led a Brunswick County man to a $1 million win

June 9, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 4:33 PM
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Kyle Clouser of Bolivia does not typically buy lottery tickets, but after receiving some scratch-offs as a gift, he became inspired to try his own luck and got rewarded with a $1 million prize.

“A couple weeks ago I got some tickets for my birthday,” he said. “I never really play the lottery, but after that I decided to try.”

Clouser wanted to go big, so he purchased a $50 scratch-off.

“The juices were flowing so I chose that one,” he laughed.

Clouser bought his lucky $10 Million Spectacular ticket from Han-Dee Hugo's on Southport-Supply Road Southeast in Bolivia.

“At first I assumed it was a $50 win,” he recalled. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw how much it really was. It was wild.”

When Clouser arrived at lottery headquarters Friday, he had a decision to make. He could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000. He chose the lump sum of $600,000 and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $430,514.

He plans to use his winnings to take care of his family.

“We have a three-year-old so this will help make things a little easier for us as a family,” Clouser said.

The $10 Million Spectacular game debuted in December 2023 with five top prizes of $10 million, 20 prizes of $1 million and 20 prizes of $100,000. Two $10 million prizes, two $1 million prizes and four $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.


7 COMMENTS

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6/10/2025 11:26 - george j.

Congratulations to you!!

6/10/2025 09:35 - virgil s.

That’s awesome!

6/10/2025 07:39 - Yusuf K.

Congrats to Kyle, but wow you win a million and only get 430K, something seems odd about that! Basically if you win the lottery the Government wins too!NC Lottery
Hi, Yusef! This winner had the choice between $1 million paid as annual payments over 20 years, or a lump sum of $600,000 up front. The difference in those amounts accounts for the interest that would be earned and used to pay out the prize over time if the winner chose the annuity option. Whatever a winner chooses is up to them, but we're required to withhold minimum state (4.25%) and federal (24%) taxes from either option.

6/10/2025 02:03 - MICHAEL B.

Congratulations on your win brother

6/09/2025 07:31 - Paula F.

Congratulations ????

6/09/2025 06:49 - Karen M.

Congratulations to you and your family!

6/09/2025 06:45 - Sabrina D S.

Congrats!!

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