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Retired NC truck driver wins $100,000 lottery prize

MARION, N.C. (WGHP) -- Dewey Croom, of Marion, bought a Carolina Keno ticket and won a $100,000 prize, according to an NC Education Lottery news release.

Croom, a retired truck driver, bought his winning ticket on Sunday, July 25 from the Sugar Hill Food Mart on Sugar Hill Road in Marion.

“I went in to check my ticket the next day,” he recalled. “I didn’t know until Monday, that I had won on the Sunday draw!”

Croom claimed his prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $70,771 after required federal and state tax withholdings.

With the prize money, he plans to pay off his “pickup truck, put the rest of it in the bank and maybe take a vacation.”

Where can I get the latest lottery numbers?

Watch lottery drawings on FOX8! Mega Millions airs at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Powerball airs at 10:59 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. The NC Lottery airs at 11:22 p.m. every night.

You can also find the lottery results online on the FOX8 website


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