MOCKSVILLE, N.C. — A Mocksville man won big while playing the “Lucky For Life” lottery game, according to a press release from the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Rances Pastor bought the $2 Quick Pick ticket at the Circle K on Valley Road in Mocksville.
“I was shocked,” Pastor said. “When I checked the numbers, I couldn’t believe my eyes.”
He claimed the prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. Winners of “for life” prizes have the option of taking $25,000 each year for the rest of their life or a cash payout of $390,000.
He chose the cash payout and took home $271,053 after federal and state tax withholdings.
Pastor plans to use some of the money to take a trip to Hawaii.