$344,000,000 Powerball jackpot winner says he used numbers that were on a fortune cookie he got from his granddaughter.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man who says he based his Powerball entry on a fortune cookie he got from his granddaughter now has a fortune to celebrate.reports retired retailer Charles W. Jackson Jr. stepped forward at North Carolina Education Lottery headquarters on Tuesday to claim last weekend's $344.6 million jackpot.
Jackson chose the $223 million lump sum payment and said he would donate some of it to several charities and give $1 million to his brother to make good on a deal they made. Jackson initially thought he had won just $50,000 and was heading to Raleigh to collect, but looked again and saw he'd won a lot more.He also said he had to find the jackpot amount on Google because he doesn't watch television news. Once he did, he told his wife,"You ain't going to believe this — I got it all."He added,"I'm still going to wear my jeans — maybe newer ones.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
$344M Powerball jackpot winner picked numbers from fortune cookie: 'I didn't know how much I had won until I Googled it'The jackpot winner wants to donate to three charities that mean a lot to him and his family.
Weiterlesen »
The $344.6 million Powerball jackpot has a winner in North CarolinaThe winning ticket for the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot on Saturday night was sold in North Carolina, according to the Powerball website.
Weiterlesen »
Mega Millions jackpot goes up to nearly half a billion dollarsCNN News, delivered. Select from our newsletters below and enter your email to subscribe.
Weiterlesen »
These people won the lottery multiple times, taking home millions—a Harvard prof. talks oddsThe odds of winning the lottery once are already high, but there are many recent stories of people who regularly buy tickets and have won the lottery multiple times. Here a Harvard professor reveals whether frequently buying tickets up your odds.
Weiterlesen »
Man Who Secretly Lent Paul Manafort $1 Million Has Finally Come ForwardAt last, though, Zieger is stepping forward: He says he’s the mystery man behind a $1 million loan provided to the family of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who’s now sitting in federal prison. One seven-digit loan might seem to be a footnote in the long, troubled story of Manafort
Weiterlesen »
More women are joining Fortune 500 boards than ever beforeLast year, of the 462 newly appointed Fortune 500 board members, 183 of them -- or 40% -- were women, according to a new report
Weiterlesen »
Artist, Icon, Billionaire: How Jay-Z Created His $1 Billion FortuneJay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire—and the 1st hip-hop artist to do so
Weiterlesen »