Cary resident Richard Dooley and his wife will celebrate their anniversary a little early this year after he won a $100,000 prize in a second-chance drawing on Wednesday.
“Two weeks from now we are hitting our 55th wedding anniversary,” Dooley said. “This is a nice early anniversary present.”
Dooley won his prize in the Millionaire Maker second-chance drawing. The drawing awarded one top prize of $1 million, one prize of $100,000, and 20 $500 prizes. There were more than 4.1 million entries in the drawing.
“You’ve got to be in it to win it,” he said. “We like to do the second-chance drawings.”
Dooley found out he won his big prize when he received a phone call from the lottery.
“It was really surprising,” he recalled. “We are delighted.”
The drawing was the third and final second-chance drawing in the Millionaire Maker game. Any Millionaire Maker scratch-off ticket was eligible for the drawing.
Dooley claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,750.
He plans to share his winnings with his daughter and donate to Raleigh Rescue Mission and several veterans organizations.
Check out the video below of Dooley receiving his big winner phone call.
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