‘It blew my mind’: Burke County man wins $1 million Powerball

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Valdese man buys a Powerball drawing ticket every drawing and it finally paid off Saturday night.

“This is really going to help my family,” he said.

Joey Reece bought his lucky $2 Quick Pick ticket from Jack B Quick on Connelly Springs Road in Granite Falls. His ticket matched all five white balls, which has the odds of 1 in 11.6 million.

“It blew my mind,” Reece recalled.

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He claimed his prize on Monday at the lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, Reece went home with $715,001.

Reece plans to use his winnings to help his family, help others in need and invest.

His winnings became the largest in a series of Powerball prizes won recently in North Carolina. In four drawings from last week, prizes won included:

• $50,000 prizes won in Pisgah Forest, Charlotte and on Monday, September 16 in High Point
• $100,000 prize won in Durham
• $250,000 prize won on Monday, September 16 in Raleigh

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