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A North Carolina woman who decided to buy a biscuit also purchased a lottery ticket that produced a $700,000 jackpot winner, lottery officials said.
According to a news release from North Carolina Education Lottery, Donna Denton, of Wilson, stopped at the Fremont Food Mart in Fremont to buy a biscuit. While she was there, Denton, a production assembler, purchased a $10 Triple 777 scratch-off ticket.
Denton checked the winning ticket with her husband when she got home and realized that the jackpot was gravy to an already wonderful holiday season.
Donna Denton of #Wilson "went out for a biscuit" on Friday, bought a Triple 777 scratch-off, and came home with a $700,000 prize! Donna purchased her lucky Triple 777 ticket from the Fremont Food Mart in #Fremont. Way to go, Donna!
— NC Education Lottery (@nclottery) December 28, 2022
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“We were happy anyway,” Denton said in a statement. “Now we’re happier. This is a blessing.”
Denton visited lottery headquarters on Wednesday to collect her prize. After deducting the required state and federal withholding taxes, she took home $497,073.
Denton said she plans to donate some of her winnings to her church.
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