Gaston County Man Wins Lottery 1K A Day For Life

How awesome is this for one of our local folks? According to WBTV, Jimmie Shindler of Gastonia bought a $2 Lucky for Life ticket and won the top prize of $1,000 a day for life.

He did it with just a couple of clicks on the internet. Shindler bought his ticket for Wednesday’s drawing through Online Play on the lottery’s website.

The odds of winning the $1,000 a day for life prize are 1 in 30.8 million. Officials say Jimmy claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. He had some thinking to do though. Which option to take? He had the choice of receiving $365,000 a year each year for the rest of his life or a $5,750,000 lump sum. He chose the lump sum and after taxes took home $4.08 million. Congrats Jimmy!

Tonight is the big night people.  It is the Mega Millions drawing and Americans are ready to win the money! What if you won the lottery? My first thing would be paying off my bills, putting some away, and then most likely I would take a vacation.

The US has had a handful of record-setting lottery jackpots this year, and Americans are looking to get in on the action. A new report shows nearly a quarter of Americans play the lottery at least once a month, and almost half (44%) say they play more when there’s a big jackpot on the line.

Those who do strike it rich often try to keep the winnings quiet. 83% of Americans say they wouldn’t want to tell others if they won. Significant others are in luck though - people say they’d give their SO a little more than 25%, but also said they’d expect more than 25% if the roles were reversed. You can take a look at the full report here.