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N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lottery
North Carolina Lottery: N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lottery
According to North Carolina Lottery officials, a woman's decision to make fruit salad with marshmellows last week may have helped her win a $400,000 Powerball prize. Big Powerball Jackpot North Carolina lottery players spent more than $3.7 million dollars last Saturday for a chance to win this past weekend's $204 million Powerball jackpot. The Powernall jackpot numbers were matched with a single winning ticket in Wisconsin that was bought at a store along the so called "Miracle Mile" since there have been many winners who bought their tickets there. However, a North Carolina Powerball player did win big, scoring $400,000 with her ticket. Lottery officials say another seven players won $10,000. $400,000 Winner Louise Thomas of Jacksonville claimed her prize of $400,000 this week at the North Carolina lottery headquarters. Lottery officials say the 82 year old had never played the lottery until it came to North Carolina. She bought only two Powerball tickets this weekend as well as some instant scratch-off tickets. She won $25 and $75 playing the instant games, she told the lottery. "I had stopped at the Circle K on Pine Valley to buy some miniature marshmallows for a fruit salad and decided to buy some lottery tickets," she told lottery officials. "I normally buy my lottery tickets at Johnson Drug Company because they are real nice to me." Thomas said her money will go immediately into the bank. After that she plans to pay off her daughter's mortgage, she said to lottery officials. Other N.C. Powerball Winners Other winners in North Carolina include those people listed below: Donald Henderson of Winston-Salem
$10,000 at Quality Mart #41 in Kernersville Tonya McCoy of Raleigh
$10,000 at Jimmy's Food Mart in Willow Spring Michael Lambert of Statesville
$10,000 at Dollar Mart #1 in Marion Unknown
$10,000 at Heathers Market in Yanceyville Unknown
$10,000 at Rose Mart #1 in Henderson Unknown
$10,000 at Lowe's Food #180 in West Jefferson Unknown
$10,000 at Quality Mart #39 in Winston-Salem
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United States Member #26829 November 18, 2005 160 Posts Offline |
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Maybe that's why Mom always told you to eat plenty of fruit.Make mine with mini-marshmellows and big Winners!
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United States Member #12856 March 18, 2005 2060 Posts Offline |
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Congrats to her! My mom always makes fruit salad with marshmellows. =)  Dance like no one is watching.
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Amity, Oregon United States Member #3070 December 13, 2003 1193 Posts Offline |
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Congrats to the winner. I am trying to hit the 5+0 myself this saturday. Come on numbers do not fail me now.-weshar75 P.S. I like fruit salad without the marshmellows but I do like them in hot chocolate and sweet potatoes.-weshar75
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4379 Posts Offline |
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"Thomas said her money will go immediately into the bank. After that she plans to pay off her daughter's mortgage, she said to lottery officials." Aw, what a nice Mom!!
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Wisconsin United States Member #1642 June 3, 2003 666 Posts Offline |
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Reminds me of the August 10, 2005 Powerball draw where the guy in New Mexico needed a gallon of milk so he stopped by the grocery store. He also got a quick pick which turned out to be the very lucky jackpot ticket. ... the lottery never fails to surprise!
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North Brunswick NJ United States Member #39431 May 8, 2006 5344 Posts Offline |
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The Powernall jackpot numbers were matched with a single winning ticket in Wisconsin that was bought at a store along the so called "Miracle Mile" since there have been many winners who bought their tickets What a miracle for mrs. Thomas,better late than never!!
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MAKE IT HAPPEN New Member  Atlanta United States Member #45366 August 11, 2006 8 Posts Offline |
| Posted: August 12, 2006, 10:32 am - IP Logged |
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 I'd say she is one lucky woman. Let give her a high five.....
Congrats! Hope she enjoy's her winnings. I am
going to win. One day soon. Like real soon! Don't Second Guess Your First Instinct. Go With You First Intuition. 
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United States Member #10921 January 23, 2005 853 Posts Offline |
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We have a Lottery here in nj. Plus most other states. Why is NC so special? I rarely go on here and not see a new story about the NC Lottery. Prediction - for Sunday August 13th: "Winston-Salem man wins $10 on scratch-off, plans to use his winnings toward Lunch..." or "New NC Lottery terminal arrives at the Kwik-E-Mart in Raleigh..." In nj you'd have to win a quarter of a billion to get the same attention.
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United States Member #41809 June 16, 2006 1657 Posts Offline |
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I know what a marshmallow is, but I've never heard of marshmEllows...
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United States Member #24723 October 21, 2005 607 Posts Offline |
| Posted: August 12, 2006, 3:26 pm - IP Logged |
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What a Delicious WIN! Congrats 
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Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 17000 Posts Offline |
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I know what a marshmallow is, but I've never heard of marshmEllows... Holy mackerel, if you're going to worry about that misspelling, you're going to have a field day correcting 75% of the posts on the forums!
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Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4379 Posts Offline |
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I know what a marshmallow is, but I've never heard of marshmEllows... Sure, it's when you stop at a store and win $400,000. I'd just sip on some hot chocolate and get very, very mellow.
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North Carolina United States Member #43356 July 10, 2006 63 Posts Offline |
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We have a Lottery here in nj. Plus most other states. Why is NC so special? I rarely go on here and not see a new story about the NC Lottery. Prediction - for Sunday August 13th: "Winston-Salem man wins $10 on scratch-off, plans to use his winnings toward Lunch..." or "New NC Lottery terminal arrives at the Kwik-E-Mart in Raleigh..." In nj you'd have to win a quarter of a billion to get the same attention. North Carolina lottery is very new, that's probably why it gets a lot of attention. August 30th will make NC lottery 5 months old, and I'm loving it.
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United States Member #3066 December 12, 2003 2060 Posts Offline |
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North Carolina lottery is very new, that's probably why it gets a lot of attention. August 30th will make NC lottery 5 months old, and I'm loving it. It's the same thing with any new state that gets the lottery. Tn had a powerball jackpot winner as well as Oklahoma.
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