Man wins $200,000 from his third lottery ticket
Last updated on: 05 January,2023 03:08 pm
Plemmons scratched off a $200,000 prize.
NEW YORK (Web Desk) - A North Carolina man discovered that the third time s the charm when he won a $200,000 prize from the third lottery ticket he ever purchased.
Cody Plemmons, 18, of Arden, told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he stopped at the Stanley s BP on U.S. 25/70 in Marshall as a pit stop on his way to Tennessee.
"We mainly stopped at the gas station for a drink and a snack," he said.
Plemmons said he was at the counter when he made the impulse decision to buy a $5 Cash Payout scratch-off ticket.
"I honestly don t even know why I got one," Plemmons said. "I just thought, Why not. "
Plemmons scratched off a $200,000 prize.
"I couldn t believe it when I won," Plemmons said. "This is only the third lottery ticket I ve ever bought."
The winner said his prize money will go into savings.