Man Wins Rs 8 Crore Lottery Prize Using Note Found on the Ground

An American has won a $1 million prize from a lottery ticket he bought using a $20 note he found on the ground. According to the , Jerry Hicks, whose winnings work out to over Rs. 8 crore, found the bill in a parking lot in Boone.

A North Carolina man struck it rich, winning a $1 million jackpot after discovering a $20 bill in a parking lot.

Jerry Hicks, a carpenter, plans to use his newfound fortune to retire comfortably and provide for his children, all while celebrating at Golden Corral.

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The player, a resident of Banner Elk, was visiting a Speedway gas station on North Carolina Highway 105 (NC 105), when he stumbled upon the $20 bill and decided to buy a ticket.The store didn’t have the ticket he was looking for, so Hicks settled on an Extreme Cash scratch-off, and that ended up having a life-changing outcome.The winner said he already knew what he was doing first thing after collecting his prize from the NC Lottery headquarters in Raleigh."We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they've got," Hicks said.A Michigan Lottery player previously had his persistence to credit for winning the lottery jackpot the second time. , of Portland, whose wins came nine years apart, topped the $29,048 sum he scored in 2015 with a massive $148,443 prize."I was at Hot Shots Tavern with my wife playing Club Keno, and I won $3 on one ticket, so I reinvested my winnings and purchased another one. I was watching the drawings and saw that all eight of my The Jack numbers were drawn and when the jackpot reset to $10,000, I knew I really won," Finkbiner recalled.Even though he's hit two jackpots, the winner said he intends to continue playing the lottery. As for Finkbiner's latest winnings, he said he'll put them aside as savings.The lottery player has now set his sights on his retirement.The odds of winning The Jack jackpot are 1 in 230,115, the Michigan Lottery says on its .