Jacob Strickland was glum watching the Clemson Tigers lose to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Nov. 5, and decided to test his luck at Powerball — winning a whopping $150,000 prize.
His favored team lost the game, but he wound up winning big.
Jacob Strickland was glum watching the Clemson Tigers lose to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Nov. 5, and decided to test his luck at Powerball — winning a whopping $150,000 prize, “We were watching football with some friends and Clemson was getting beat terribly by Notre Dame,” Strickland recounted.Strickland, a 29-year-old welder from Asheboro, NC, bought a $3 “Quick Pick” ticket using Online Play on his phone just before the lottery drawing.His spur-of-the-moment decision paid off bigtime. Strickland won $50,000 that was multiplied to $150,000 with a “3X Power Play Multiplier.
Powerball is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website, or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. The other games offering those options are Mega Millions, Lucky For Life, and Carolina Cash 5, according to the North Carolina Lottery.
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