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North Carolina Woman Wins Big Lottery Prize After Boyfriend Gifts Her A Ticket For Her Birthday

Author Catherine Lane

A North Carolina woman wins big lottery prize after her boyfriend gifts her a ticket for her birthday. Latonya Louden is from Pineville and her upcoming birthday just got a whole lot happier.

Latonya tells the North Carolina Education Lottery officials,”I was in disbelief”. She claimed the top prize Wednesday in the 5$ Power Cashword. It’s a simple scratch off game that paid off big time. She goes on to tell lottery officials, “I’ve never won anything like this”. She won a whopping $150,000.

Latonya had some birthday luck going on. Lottery officials say the chance of winning big are 1 in 3.83 million according to the Power Cashword game page. Now of course taxes will have to be taken out but Latonya still get a big fat check. After those taxes are taken out she takes home $107,251. Not bad. This North Carolina woman wins big lottery prize after her boyfriend gifts her a ticket.

We want to know where he bought that ticket. Louden’s fiance purchased the ticket at B&M Food Service on Lancaster Highway. She says this was a ticket that she hadn’t played before and her fiance “likes crossword puzzles”. I always like to know what will be purchased with lottery winnings.

She tells North Carolina Lottery Officials she is going to treat herself to a vehicle. According to our source, The Charlotte Observer, she says “I might get a SUV, maybe an Aura or Audi”. There will be 6 total winners with this particular game. 4 of these 6 remain to be won.

Most lottery winners have generally the same thoughts on what to do with their winnings. The theme is familiar. New winners generally have a purchase in mind, want to put some back into savings or retirement and want to help their families. For more details on the Power Cashword, go here from the North Carolina Education Lottery.

How Americans Play Lottery and What They’d Do If They Won

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.

  • Nearly 50% say they would need to win at least $4 million in order to quit their job

  • Top purchases after winning: home, vacation, car

  • 70% would take winnings as a lump sum

    Lottery Stats

  • 2 out of 5 would invest in crypto currency

  • Lottery Ticket Trust

  • Lottery Jackpots & Your Job

    Lottery Jackpots & Your Job

Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.

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