Two incredibly lucky lottery players win $1 million in prizes from scratch entries North Carolina Education Lottery the same week.
Guilford County man wins first Jumbo Bucks grand prize
The lottery confirmed Friday that the lucky winner Guilford County The man became the first jackpot winner in the popular scratch card game Jumbo Bucks.
high point resident Ken BennettI recently tried my luck with a $10 bill.
The man bought the ticket at the Raceway store on South Main Street in High Point.
To Bennett’s surprise, it was his lucky day when he arrived at Jumbo Bucks $1 Million First PrizeTO Press release reveals.
One incredibly lucky Guilford County resident recently visited lottery headquarters to claim his prize.
As with other major awards, Bennett was given a choice: or collect the full amount in annual payments either instantly receive a lump sum of money.
The first option means payments for the amount. $50,000 per year for the next 20 yearsbringing the total payment to $1 million.
The last option was lump sum of $600,000.
Not in vain, the High Point resident chose the second option and, after paying the corresponding taxes, went home with 429,003 US dollars.
Bennett has not said whether he has any plans for the windfall.
The second lucky player wins the jackpot in the same lottery.
In a surprising turn of events, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced that the second winner received Maximum prize of 1 million dollars for the same lottery ticket.
Once again, the lottery confirmed Friday that a Creedmoor resident won another $1 million Jumbo Bucks jackpot.
Manuel TaverasTO Granville County resident, purchased the ticket for $10 at the Family Fare store on Guess Road in Durham.
No doubt, the lottery player was pleasantly surprised after turn $10 into a huge $1 million windfall.
As with the Guilford County winner, Taveras was given the option of receiving a lump sum of money or receiving the full million in annual payments.
Creedmoor Resident chose a lump sum of $600,000.
Taking into account the applicable taxes, Taveras’s bank account increased by 393,000 US dollars.
Jumbo Bucks offers the opportunity to win prizes ranging from $10 million to $1 million.
Published just a few months ago, the August 30, 2024Jumbo Bucks offers players the opportunity to… win prizes from 10 to 1 million dollars.
At first there were only eight top prizes, but after recent victories there are only six stay in the game.
The odds of winning one of the top prizes on a popular ticket are 1 of 1,398,273.75
In addition to the six top prizes of $1 million, the scratch ticket offers a second-tier prize of 50,000 US dollars.
Since the launch of Jumbo Bucks, a total of eight prizes of $50,000 each have been awarded. At the time of writing Seven stay in the game.
The overall odds of winning any Jumbo Bucks prize are 1 of 3.81.
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