August Lottery Winner Stories 3 – USA – Jeff Wilson – $88.1

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Over in the USA, it was quite literally the luck of the draw for Jeff Wilson of Kings Mountain. He had no idea when his father showed him a bunch of recently bought Powerball Lotto tickets that the ticket he chose would wind up making him a millionaire. His father showed him a bunch of tickets and told him to choose one for himself!

Across the state where the ticket was bought, people have been wondering who was holding the $88.1 million winning Powerball ticket. Jeff Wilson and his family came to the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) headquarters to collect their winning and were simultaneously introduced to the public and media who were waiting outside.

Jeff said that the ticket was a Quick Pick (computer generated) ticket and the numbers were drawn in the June 20 Powerball drawing. The jackpot for the drawing was $88.1 million.

Instead of spreading the payout of the super lotto winnings over a period of time he chose to take the entire sum as a cash lump sum payment in the region of $42.4 million after taxes and costs. Jeff says that he’s not sure exactly what he will do with all the money but was sure he wanted to have it all at once so he could better manage his financial future.

“I didn’t believe my dad when he told me that I had won and I think I’m still in disbelief. Maybe I’ll buy a house or a car. The money will also be very useful for when I go to graduate school in the fall of this year.

The ticket was bought at the Petro Express on Cleveland Avenue in Kings Mountain.