N.C. man wins $200,000 on his first-ever lottery ticket

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Vergie6 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:02:13 GMT

Jordan I know where it is too since I'm from Greensboro.

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JackpotWanna — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:25:10 GMT

Wow! some luck! WTG

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FiLUK — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:34:45 GMT

Congrats to him, nice to see first time players win.

I didn't win anything on my first ticket, or the 100 somthing tickets after that LoL.

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Badger — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:43:45 GMT

Which just goes to illustrate, once again, that if you are meant to win a high tier prize or jackpot, it doesn't matter how you get there ; other than buying a ticket.

A dollar on a big jackpot game can win just as easily as buying 100 tickets, because the overall odds are so huge that you can't make a dent in them.....and each ticket/line purchased has the same probability of being drawn.

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Coin Toss — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:35:15 GMT

We should have a perpetual Luck Factor thread in Discussions, or its own forum, and it should be required reading for any one who doubts that's it's just luck, or that the Lottery Fairy either likes you or doesn't

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JordanT1021 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:52:44 GMT

I live about 15 minutes from this guy and he has become somewhat of a local hero. I ate at the resturant where he works at last night and customers were asking him to help them pick numbers. I would have asked also, but i didn't want to disturb the man. I know he probably gets it a lof here recently

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MIlottoplayer — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:07:41 GMT

I wish I could be that lucky once in awhile...sigh.

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Tenaj — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:19:16 GMT

Congratulations to him.

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tntea — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:12:51 GMT

Great story...

I am very happy for those lucky ones.. even the damn lucky ones.

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dphillips — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:33:29 GMT

And then, there are those who are lucky...and then, there are those who are damn lucky

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DC81 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:37:16 GMT

Ditto though if I did win it'd likely be followed up by something horrible since that's how the very little luck I have, tends to work.

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Pogo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:07:51 GMT

Very nice win, Congrats to whomever won it!!! Pogo

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DoubleDown — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:04:13 GMT

If Mr Marsh had only selected the PowerPlay option for one more dollar, his winnings would have been $800,000 instead of $200,000.

$200,000 is certainly not chump change, but $800,000 sounds sexier...

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ThatScaryChick — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:20:29 GMT

Congrats to him. I wish I was that lucky.

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JordanT1021 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:36:01 GMT

I am from High Point, North Carolina. Furniture Capitol of the World. I wish I knew the man. My grandfather might. I know exactly which Gas station that is too. There is a nice bbq spot near there.

N.C. man wins $200,000 on his first-ever lottery ticket

Todd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:48:00 GMT

Talk about luck.

Herbert Marsh of High Point, North Carolina, won $200,000 the first time he played the lottery.

Going on a feeling something good would happen, Marsh bought a Powerball ticket for the Wednesday drawing that matched all five numbers.

Marsh told the North Carolina Education Lottery he plans to buy a new car with some of the money and put the rest in savings.

He purchased his ticket at the Kangaroo Express on National Highway in Thomasville.

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