Man began ‘screaming’ at his mom after NC lottery ticket won him life-changing prize
It’s rarely a good thing to start screaming at your mom, but one North Carolina man got away with it after winning big in the state lottery.
David Harvard of Greenville bought the 20X The Cash scratch-off at the Speedway gas station on West Fire Tower Road in Winterville, and quickly discovered he’d won a jackpot, the N.C. Education Lottery said in Feb. 21 news release.
The top prize is $250,000.
“I called my mom first screaming that I won,” Harvard told lottery officials. “It’s really a blessing.”
He did not reveal how his mother reacted to the big win — or the screaming.
Harvard claimed the prize Friday, Feb. 21, at lottery headquarters in Raleigh, and it came to $179,376 after federal and state withholdings, officials said.
He intends to use the money to buy a new truck.
Odds of winning a jackpot in 20X The Cash are 1 in 1,335,942.
The game calls for matching your scratch-off numbers to the winning numbers listed on the card.
Winterville is about an 85-mile drive southeast from Raleigh.
This story was originally published February 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM with the headline "Man began ‘screaming’ at his mom after NC lottery ticket won him life-changing prize."