A Man Wins $1 Million Lottery with Lucky $20 Bill
Oct 01, 2026
Carpenter’s Parking Lot Find Leads to $1 Million Scratch-Off Win
What a crazy turn of events for Jerry, a carpenter from Banner Elk, North Carolina. He was going about his regular day when he saw a $20 bill just laying on the ground in a Speedway parking lot. Feeling lucky, he decided to try his hand at a scratcher.
Fate was straight when the store didn’t have the ticket he wanted, so Jerry settled for a different one. That choice made the way for him to take away a $1 million prize. The odds of that are small, about 1 in 2 million, but someone’s got to get that paper.
Jerry opted to take a payout of $600,000 instead of payments over 20 years. After Sam took his prize, he took home a straight-up jackpot of $429,000. When reporters asked about his plans, Jerry said he’s going to celebrate with his family at Golden Corral before thinking too much about the future.
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