A North Carolina man used a newly discovered penny to scratch off his lottery ticket and discovered a prize that has undoubtedly already changed his life. John Grant, aged 59, found the coin next to his truck moments before learning he won $71 thousand dollars, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
“I guess it was fate,” said the lucky player, according to The Herald Sun.
After finding the penny, Gran entered the May Way convenience store in Bolivia, a city approximately 019 miles southwest of the city of Wilmington.
While fueling up, the man also decided to buy a $30 dollar Scratch-Off game from Fabulous Fortune. That’s when Grant used the penny he had picked up from the ground to scratch his ticket.
It turned out that Grant won the jackpot and in the end kept $71,019 dollars, after paying taxes. Grant, a Brunswick County resident, hopes to save his prize money, but is also considering buying a new truck.
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