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FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (WTVD) — A Wake County man won a huge jackpot Friday playing digital instant games on the North Carolina Education Lottery app.
“It was a life-changing event,” said James Roy of Fuquay-Varina.
Roy was sitting at home, playing the Bison Bonanza game at 50 cents a spin when suddenly, he hit a $488,063 jackpot.
He immediately called out to his wife in the other room.
“I said, ‘Honey, we won a lot of money,’” he recalled.
Roy had won the top-level “Epic jackpot” in the game, which features a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. The odds of that win were 1 in 62 million.
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“It just shows anybody can win on anything,” Roy said.
On Wednesday, Roy claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $350,185.
He said he plans to use his winnings to pay some bills, pay off his RV, and take a train trip across Canada with his wife.
After Roy won the Bison Bonanza jackpot, it restarted at $50,000 and has grown to over $108,000 as of Thursday afternoon.
Digital instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Fifty-five different games are available to play online.
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