Farmer’s steak craving helps him turn small NC lottery win into even bigger prize
On the day William Jones won $500 in the North Carolina lottery, he decided to grill some steaks for dinner.
The turkey farmer’s appetite ended up helping him win a much bigger prize, lottery officials said.
“I mainly wanted to get some propane to cook some steaks on the grill,” Jones said about his trip to the store, according to lottery officials .
While the Richlands resident was at the Speedway in Beulaville picking up the propane, he bought his second lottery ticket of the day to test his luck and ended up winning $100,000, lottery officials said.
William Jones of #Richlands bought a scratch-off and bagged $100,000! The 32-year-old farmer bought his $100 Million Mega Cash ticket from @Speedway on S. Jackson St. in #Beulaville. “I think I’ll go ahead and pay for our wedding,” Jones said. #NCLottery https://t.co/9xJlkoOvbs pic.twitter.com/WJNdXemd5A
— NC Education Lottery (@nclottery) July 13, 2022
“I tell you what, it was worth the $20,” Jones told lottery officials with a chuckle.
Jones took home $70,016 after taxes, lottery officials said, and has a good idea of how he’ll spend his winnings.
“I think I’ll go ahead and pay for our wedding,” he told lottery officials.
Beulaville is about 70 miles east of Fayetteville.
If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.
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