Install A Lotere Using Money Found In The Parking Lot, This Man Won IDR 15.8 Billion

JAKARTA - This man from North Carolina, United States, never thought that his steps to go to supermarket at the end of last month would bring him luck.

Jerry Hicks, an expert carpenter from Banner Elk, found 20 US dollars (Rp317,966) in the parking lot of the shop, he said in a news release.

The money was then spent on the purchase of a lottery ticket. Hicks used the money to buy a ticket to brush Extreme Cash, according to the release.

Unexpectedly, he won the main prize of 1 million US dollars (IDR 15,898,300,000).

"They actually don't have the tickets I'm looking for, so I just bought that one," he said, quoted by CNN November 13.

Hicks claims the prize is at the North Carolina Education Lotere Headquarters.

He chose to accept the prize as a payment of 600,000 US dollars (Rp9,538,980,000.) not as a post for 20 years, according to the release.

And after deducting taxes, Hicks brought home a prize of $429,007, according to the lottery.

Hicks plans to use the money to help his children and retire as a carpenter after 56 years, the release reads.

But before that, Hicks wanted to enjoy his win.

"We will go straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they have," he said.

Jerry Hicks of #BannerElk found $20 on the ground, purchased an Extreme Cash scratch-off from Speedway on NC 105 in #Boone, and won a $1 million prize! “We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got,” he laughed. Congrats! https://t.co/YIxZwzjNOV pic.twitter.com/Am2OZ1cZGB

— NC Education Lottery (@nclottery) October 25, 2024

Jerry Hicks of #BannerElk found $20 on the ground, purchased an Extreme Cash scratch-off from Speedway on NC 105 in #Boone, and won a $1 million prize! “We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got,” he laughed. Congrats! https://t.co/YIxZwzjNOV pic.twitter.com/Am2OZ1cZGB