North Carolina Lottery Winner To Make Unique Purchase With Windfall

There are two aspects to the story of a recent North Carolina Education Lottery winner that immediately caught my attention.  The first?  How the discovery of the windfall occurred.  Sometimes, I'll pick up a scratch off ticket and bring it home.  I know it's going to sound kind of corny and juvenile, but my wife has always loved the actual scratching off process.  Watching her do it is really not all that dissimilar to watching her open a Christmas present (even if almost always this is like discovering the box is empty <g>).

Anyway, Michael Morgan of Benson sat down for dinner with his wife.  Before they dug in, he gave her a ticket.  Specifically, the North Carolina Education Lottery's new "10X Lucke Rewards" ticket.  Seconds later, she had him double check what she uncovered.  It was a $1 million winner.  Michael Morgan no longer cared all that much about dinner.  Seriously, he tells WRAL, “I lost my appetite right then.  I couldn’t eat.”  No kidding?  I think my first move would have been to suggest we skip whatever we were eating and head for a restaurant we can't afford to celebrate.

The second thing about Michael Morgan's North Carolina Education Lottery win that caught my eye was what he plans to do with it.  I would pay off any and every person I know, purchase a place at the beach, and then put everything else in savings.  Michael Morgan plans on buying an 18-wheeler.

Okay, so this is not as out of the clouds as it first seems.  Michael IS a truck driver.  However, I'm a radio broadcaster.  Not a chance I would invest my windfall in my business.  That being said, a quick Bing search pulled back the curtain as to why Morgan would want to do this.  First, I guess you have to realize that winning $1 million is actually taking home a little less than $500,000.  This is certainly life-changing, but not retirement, money.  So, it's not like Michael Morgan could quit driving a truck.

Now back to the Bing search.  Truck drivers may want to own their own 18-wheeler for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is that it can be a good investment. By owning their own truck, drivers can become owner-operators and have more control over their work schedule and income.

Congratulations and best of luck to truck driver, favored husband, and North Carolina Education Lottery millionaire, Michael Morgan.

What would you do if you won big in the lottery? I know the shock may surprise us all and put us in a daze for a second, but at some point, we've got to spend the money. So, what are we buying first? Well, let's start with finding a way to win the big prize first.

Lotto Edge is naming the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs that you could play. Scratch-offs are some of the people's favorites to play throughout the years. Nice and quick and either you win or you don't but you find out pretty instantly. How do you pick which scratch-offs you play? Each scratch-off has its different odds of winning and it's good to know those odds to be able to help better your chances to win. Check out what Lotte Edge is naming as the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs. Here are 6 out of the 10 that have the best overall odds of winning. Check out the full list here and see which other scratch-offs aren't listed below.

The 100X scratch-off is coming in at No. 6. The ticket costs about $1 each for you to be able to purchase to play. Your overall odds of winning are about 1 in 3.48. Not so bad, right? Win possibly $300,000 or more when playing this infamous scratch-off game in South Carolina. What would be the first thing you would purchase with that kind of grand prize?

Why not play King's Ransom up next? With King's Ransom, you have a possibility with a 1 in 3.47 odds of winning this lottery game. The ticket costs only $10 so talk about profit margin if you win big with this scratch off. Might as well give it a try.

Come on, $500,000 sounds like a good time! If you play the $500,000 Multiplier Money then you could really win big with this one. Only costing you $10 per ticket, you have the chance to win with a 1 in 3.44 odds of winning.

Coming in at No. 3 is another famous one that people love to play. The Mighty Jumbo Bucks scratch off is one of those ones that people love. Only $10 per ticket, you have the possibility to profit pretty BIG. You will have a 1 in 3.40 odds in winning this grand prize.

The prizes are getting bigger and the odds are getting better. Spend just $10 and you have the chance to be a million-dollar winner. Now, a million dollars can really do some crazy things to your life. With a 1 in 3.23 chance of winning, a million dollars could be yours!

Now, if you thought a million was a great time then what about $2 million? That's right, the Fastest Road to $2 million scratch off is the number one spot. With a 1 in 3.06 overall odds in winning, this could be the best chance for you to win big. It's the #1 scratch off for South Carolina.