REIDSVILLE, N.C. — Editor's Note: Video from 2019, features a breakdown of lottery money and where it goes within the state.
A Reidsville man is $1 million richer thanks to one very lucky lottery ticket.
“I almost had a heart attack,” Paul Bray Jr. said after scratching off the ticket. He bought the $10 ticket at S&L Country Market on U.S. 158 in Reidsville.
“I’m just a country boy and I’ve never won anything like this,” Bray said.
He plans to use the money from the winnings to build a house for himself and his wife.
He opted for the lump sum amount of $600,000 and took home $426,063 after state and federal taxes.
The Big Cash Payout game launched in December with four top prizes of $1 million.