NC man 'counting his blessings' after winning lottery ticket almost blew away

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dannyct — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:36:41 GMT

Subscriptions are the best way to play

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TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 05:17:05 GMT

Congrats on the win.

Always treat every ticket as if it's a winner. They are bearer instruments and anyone who signs the back can collect the money.

Find a better place to keep your future tickets

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weshar75 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:14:59 GMT

He is lucky his winning ticket didn't blow away for sure!-weshar75

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EdG1955 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:38:17 GMT

I still tease my wife about an incident involving her and the lottery. She bought us a ticket at the grocery store and had it in her hand when she stepped out the door. The wind gusted and yanked the ticket out of her hand and blew it away. I tell her that we'd be millionaires now if she hadn't lost our winning ticket to the wind.

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CDanaT — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:36:16 GMT

John... Congrats, enjoy and thank you for giving us a reminder of how not to store our lottery tickets.

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sully16 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:56:39 GMT

Congrats John.

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music* — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:59:00 GMT

John Hepburn is lucky many times over. $346,000.00 can go a long way. Congratulations

NC man 'counting his blessings' after winning lottery ticket almost blew away

Lottery Post — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:00:09 GMT

A North Carolina man is counting his blessings after beating the almost 1-in-a-million odds to win a lottery prize, according to the NC Education Lottery.

And it all happened after he came uncomfortably close to losing his lucky ticket, the lottery said on Twitter.

Whenever I get my tickets, I put them in my car door, said John Hepburn of Fayetteville, per the lottery's Twitter post.

Then last week, a few of my tickets blew out of the car, he said, according to the lottery's news relea... [ More ]