Store employee wins $2M after buying lottery ticket at the store where he works

LOTTERY WINNERS IN THE STATE CLAIMING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PRIZE. HE’S HAVING A PRETTY GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW. HI ON JOONG IS FROM HIGH POINT AND HE TURNED TO $20 SCRATCH OFF INTO. $2 MILLION. THE WINNING TICKET CAME FROM GREEN STREET GROCERY ON EAST LUMP SUM PAYOUT, WHICH COMES TO A LITTLE MORE THAN 855 GRAND AFTER TAXES. ANYONE ELSE HOPING TO WIN BIG DOES HAVE A CHANCE TO THIS WEEK. TONIGHT’S POWERBALL DRAWING IS WORTH $380 MILLION. THAT IS A CASH VALUE OF NEARLY 200 MILLION. SHOULD YOU WI. MEANWHILE, THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SITS AT $300 MILLION AND THAT IS WORTH $156 MILLION. IF A WINNER CHOOSES TO TAKE THE LUMP SUM PAYMENT

A North Carolina man walked away with a $2 million prize after buying a $20 scratch-off lottery ticket at a grocery store, according to lottery officials.Hyeon Jung bought his lucky 100X The Cash ticket from Green Street Grocery in High Point, where he works. When Jung arrived to collect his prize, he could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of $100,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $1.2 million. He chose the lump-sum amount of $1.2 million and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $855,006.

HIGH POINT, N.C. —

A North Carolina man walked away with a $2 million prize after buying a $20 scratch-off lottery ticket at a grocery store, according to lottery officials.

Hyeon Jung bought his lucky 100X The Cash ticket from Green Street Grocery in High Point, where he works.

When Jung arrived to collect his prize, he could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of $100,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $1.2 million.

He chose the lump-sum amount of $1.2 million and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $855,006.

Store employee wins $2M after buying lottery ticket at the store where he works

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