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Man wins $150,000 after buying lottery game with money earned from selling pumpkins

By Shannon Baker,

2 days ago

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — A Hertford man sells pumpkins each year. This year, the man, Roy Story, sold one for $10 and used that money to buy a $5 Xtreme Cashword lottery ticket on Monday.

That $10 pumpkin money earned him $150,000 after he finished the crossword game on his lottery ticket.

“I didn’t have my glasses on,” Story said. “I thought it won $1,000.”

Story picked up his prize on Monday. He plans to use the $107,251 he was left with, after tax withholdings, to buy a truck.

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