NC man almost falls out of fishing boat upon learning of lottery win

Aug 15, 2019, 8:18 am (5 comments)

North Carolina Lottery

RALEIGH, N.C. — Danny Bizzell bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket on July 12, gave it to his wife and went fishing.

He was in the middle of a lake when his wife, Sandra Dickinson, called to tell him he had won a $792,655 jackpot.

"I almost fell overboard," Bizzell said Monday. "I told her, 'Are you freaking kidding me?'"

Bizzell bought the winning ticket at the Food Lion on North Rogers Lane in Raleigh, using the same numbers he's played for almost 13 years.

"When I got my first Cash 5 ticket, I had the machine pick the numbers for me," he said. "I'm superstitious and don't like change, so I've been using the same set ever since. I can't believe they finally came up."

The ticket beat odds of one-in-962,598 to win the jackpot.

The couple claimed their prize $560,805 after taxes, on Monday.

Dickinson said the jackpot means a second chance at her dream honeymoon.

"My husband and I didn't get to go on a real honeymoon," she said. "But now we can. We're going to take a cruise. I love to travel, but my husband's never been outside the country."

They also plan to replace the fishing boat they got back in 2004.

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

music*'s avatarmusic*

  Definitely a feel good story!

 Congratulations to Danny Bizzell and his wife Sandra Dickinson!!

 $560,805.00 will buy a cruise to Alaska, Hawaii, or Mexico. The Caribbean or Europe also.

 Enjoy your honeymoon!!

 Put some away for retirement.

Bleudog101

Thirteen must be his lucky number having played same numbers that long.

 

Waiting for our favorite LP member to say it so easy to win there.

 

Nice feel good story for the weekend!

sully16's avatarsully16

Congrats to the Lucky couple, enjoy your honeymoon.

jjtheprince14

Why is this even "news" coming from North Carolina.  It's way too easy to win there tens of thousands of NC players per day are winning $100,000+ prizes.

MillionsWanted's avatarMillionsWanted

Quote: Originally posted by jjtheprince14 on Aug 16, 2019

Why is this even "news" coming from North Carolina.  It's way too easy to win there tens of thousands of NC players per day are winning $100,000+ prizes.

If you think it's so easy to win in NC, why don't you move there?

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