A North Carolina man visiting a lottery office to claim a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket ended up winning another $100,000 from a Keno ticket his daughter gave him as a birthday gift. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
A North Carolina man waiting at a lottery office to claim a $50,000 prize received a Keno ticket as a birthday gift from his daughter — and won another $100,000.
Carthage resident Dennis Parks told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he was at the lottery’s Greensboro Regional Office & Claim Center to collect a $50,000 prize from a Merry Multiplier scratch-off ticket when his daughter, who accompanied him on the trip, bought him a Keno ticket.
“She bought the ticket for me for my birthday,” Parks said. “It was my 81st birthday on Monday.”
The Keno ticket turned out to be a $100,000 winner.
“It was just my day I guess,” he said.
Parks said his dual prizes will go toward paying bills and taking a family trip to Ohio.
