A man won $1 million from a lottery ticket he bought with money found in a parking lot.

Last week, a North Carolina man received a windfall from a scratch-off donation. lottery ticket he bought it with $20 that he found on the ground.

Banner Elk resident Jerry Hicks received $1 million prize from an Extreme Cash scratch ticket, opting Friday to receive it as a lump sum payment of $600,000 – before taxes – the North Carolina Education Lottery said. His after-tax winnings were $429,007.

Hicks said he “found $20 in a race track parking lot” in Boone on Tuesday and “used it to buy a ticket” that won him a prize. according to the lottery.

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“They didn’t actually have the ticket I was looking for, so I bought it,” Hicks said.

The largest prize offered by the Extreme Cash lottery, which costs $25 per ticket, is $1 million. The odds of winning $1 million in the game as of Monday were 1 in 2,017,650, according to the lottery.

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Hicks’ post-victory plans included a stop at local restaurant Golden Corral.

Funds will also be help Hicks retire during his 56-year career as a carpenter, the North Carolina Education Lottery said. He also plans to use the money to help his children.

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Other North Carolinians won six figures in the lottery that same week.

A Gastonia man received $429,003 after taxes from the $1 million he won from the $10 lottery, according to the lottery. Another player in Goldsboro won a $150,000 Powerball prize, which was worth $107,251 after taxes.

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