Lincolnton Grandmother Rakes In Massive Lottery Windfall
It isn’t just the headline that a Lincoln County, North Carolina grandmother wins lottery. No, it’s HOW she won the lottery. As a golfer, there’s nothing that aggravates you more than hearing that someone got a hole in one on their first round of golf. Well, Lincolnton’s Rachel Sadler bought her first every lottery ticket. And it came up a $4 million winner!
Grandmother Wins Lottery…Where?
Rachel Sadler decided to make her initial foray into the world of lottery gambling at the Save Mart on East Main Street in Lincolnton. I like here “go big or go home” attitude to lottery buying as well. I mean, if you’re gonna buy your first scratch-off from the North Carolina Education Lottery, why wasted time with a $5 ticket, right? Rachel plopped down $30 on a “Supreme 7s” ticket. In seconds, this grandmother became an instant millionaire to the tune of $4 million. This game made its debut last month. There are four, $4 million top prizes and 10 total, $100,000 prizes. With Sadler’s win, there are still three, $4 million prizes and nine $100,000 prizes are left to be claimed.
Grandmother Wins Lottery…How Much?
Now comes my favorite part of any big lottery windfall story. It’s my favorite life question that I’m begging to have to answer one day, “To lump sum, or not to lump sum.” Rachel Sadler subscribes to my belief that none of us is promised tomorrow, so get what you can today. In other words, she took the lump sum payout of $2.4 million. After Uncle Sam and the Tar Heel State took their tax taste, Rachel was the recipient of a direct deposit totaling $1,716,009. As far as plans for the money, she tells WSOC-TV, “I’ve got a bunch of grandkids. I want to make sure they have a nice future.”
