North Carolina man wins $100K from Powerball - to pay off mortgage

• North Carolina man secures $100,000 from Powerball through Power Play ticket
• The money is welcome, as it will go towards covering the man’s mortgage
• The North Carolina lottery continues to pay out huge payouts from its games

A spot of good luck has come the way of a man in Wayne County, North Carolina, after the Wendell resident managed to flip his $3 Powerball ticket into a $100,000 payout on the Wednesday, November 11 drawing.

Lottery windfall will go towards covering mortgage

The winner, identified as Alvester Perry, and his daughter, who has special needs, have a tradition of playing the lottery together and choose the numbers as a team.

The ticket was bought at the Riley Hill Mart on Riley Hill Road in Wendell, and the ticket includes the Power Play option, which is how the prize reached $100,000.

This time around, it has paid out, and the money couldn’t have come at a better time.

Commenting on the win, Perry said that his wife has already made plans for the money, with the family’s mortgage the priority to cover with the lottery windfall.

"I’m good with that. Then we’ll put the rest away for my daughter with special needs so she’ll have it when we’re gone," the winner acknowledged. Overall, Perry has now claimed $72,011, opting for the lump sum after federal and state tax withholdings.

Perry’s is just one of many happy lottery stories. Earlier this month, a Stanly County man managed to turn their $10 scratch-off ticket game into a $1,000,000 payout.

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