Another North Carolina Instant Millionaire Emerges

So how was your Father's Day Weekend? Mine was great. Well, it was as great as it can be when your college age child is not able to be with you. Luckily his mother sensed by depression and cooked up a steak dinner with all my favorite trimmings while I watched the US Open final round at Pinehurst. You know who read that and said, "Sounds good, hold my beer?" Dwayne Hinkle. Who Exactly Is Dwayne Hinkle? Well, I thought you'd never ask. Dwayne Hinkle is a resident of Lexington, North Carolina. Dwayne Hinkle is a normal guy like you and me. That is, if you're idea of normal is while making a routine stop from the "Grab and Go" picking up a scratch-off ticket from The North Carolina Education Lottery. And that's pretty much where comparisons to you and me and Dwayne Hinkle end. See, when Dwayne purchased a $10 "Ultimate Dash" ticket and did the scratch-off thing, he discovered he was instantly $1 million richer. https://twitter.com/WFMY/status/1802698590608871911 I know I complain about this a lot, but the one thing I really want to read-just once-is what ticket safety precautions these winners make/take between finding out they've won to win they actually collect the cash from the North Carolina Education Lottery. I'm so paranoid, it would never leave my sight. I would put it in a zip lock bag and have it in the shower with me. The ticket would sleep with my hand on it underneath my pillow (if I was able to sleep at all). It literally would never leave my sight. Wouldn't you like to know this stuff, too? Anyway... How Much Did Dwayne Hinkle Actually Win? On Friday, Dwayne Hinkle got Father's Day Weekend off to a rip-roaring start by making a visit to the Tar Heel State's lottery office and collecting the cash. As you know, at this point a choice must be made. Hinkle could have taken curtain number one which is a 20-year annuity. He would receive $50,000 a year for the next 20 years. Sounds good, but not good enough to keep him from curtain number two. Dwayne Hinkle took the "lump sum" payout. After everyone who collects taxes did their collecting, Dwayne Hinkle was able to make a deposit of $429,003.