‘Split-second decision’ leads to $1.3 million jackpot win in North Carolina
A man’s “split-second decision” led to a big jackpot win in North Carolina, officials say.
“I’m still having a hard time believing it,” George Robble said of his $1.3 million prize, according to a news release the N.C. Education Lottery published Monday.
Robble’s good fortune started when he was doing a favor, the release said. He went to the Roadrunner Markets convenience store in Waynesville so his wife could play the lottery, according to officials.
That’s where Robble saw a sign for a jackpot prize and decided to try his luck, too.
“I saw the amount that was up on the light up sign, and I said, ‘Oh, I’ll play it,’ ” he told the N.C. Education Lottery.
He bought tickets for the Carolina Cash 5 drawing and checked his numbers the following morning, officials say. It turns out, he snagged a $1,327,872 prize, the fifth-highest amount ever won in the game, according to the news release.
“I thought, ‘Oh my god’ and then I went and woke up my wife and told her,” Robble said in the news release. “Neither one of us could believe it.”
After taxes, Robble gets $939,470, officials say. He and his wife plan to put the money toward kitchen remodeling, according to the lottery.
Waynesville is in Haywood County, roughly 30 miles southwest of Asheville.
This story was originally published June 30, 2020 at 3:49 PM with the headline "‘Split-second decision’ leads to $1.3 million jackpot win in North Carolina."
