NC Man Wins $800,000 In Lottery Powerball Drawing On Saturday

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According to North Carolina Education Lottery officials, a lucky winner from the July 26 Powerball drawing last week claimed his $800,000 prize in the Powerball lottery. Also, six people won anywhere from $40,000 to $10,000 from the July 29 drawing, says the lottery commission.

Donald Sigmon of Statesville was the latest $800,000 Powerball winner. The winning ticket was purchased at West Iredell Grocery on Old Mt. Road in Statesville, a store where Sigmon normally stops in for gas and an occasional lottery ticket, says the lottery.

On Wednesday when he stopped by the store, he planned to play a scratch-off game and he had never played Powerball, say lottery officials.

"The clerk asked me if I wanted to play Powerball and I said ok," Sigmon told the lottery commission. "Then she suggested I Power Play and showed me how to do it."

After leaving the store, Sigmon and his wife, Danette, headed off on vacation. He didn't check to see if he had picked winning numbers until he returned home on Sunday, he told lottery officials.

"I was on the phone talking to my sister-in-law and she was reading me the winning numbers from the newspaper (July 26 draw)," Mrs. Sigmon added. "Donald was standing there with the ticket as I was repeating the numbers."

Sigmon said he was in a state of shock. "I didn't believe it," he said in a released statement. "I know I looked at that ticket at least 10 times."

Sigmon, who has three children, plans to use the money for their college education and pay off the mortgage on his home. He said he chose numbers that had special meaning to him.

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