Man thinks he only won $100 — until he looks closer at his NC lottery ticket
Barry Bruce was about to leave a store in North Carolina when something told him to go back and buy a lottery ticket.
The last-minute hunch won him $100,000, according to lottery officials in a July 12 news release.
“I really was about to walk out,” Bruce told lottery officials. “My mind just told me to go back and buy the ticket.”
Bruce, who lives in Danville, Virginia, bought his $25 Spectacular Riches scratch-off on a whim from the Jones Exxon in Stanley, according to lottery officials.
When Bruce first scratched off his prize, he thought he’d won $100, lottery officials said. Once he realized it was actually a six-figure prize, he said he was in shock.
“I was just like, ‘Wow,’” he told lottery officials.
Bruce took home $71,017 after taxes and plans to use the winnings to remodel his home and help out his family, lottery officials said.
Stanley is about 20 miles northwest of Charlotte.
This story was originally published July 13, 2022 at 11:52 AM with the headline "Man thinks he only won $100 — until he looks closer at his NC lottery ticket."
