Terry Peace of North Carolina said he might take early retirement.
Terry Peace won $1 million after his wife forgot about the ticket in the bottom of her purse. The couple from Waynesville, North Carolina, won $1 million with the North Carolina Education Lottery after misplacing the winning lottery ticket. "I guess when she initially reached in to check the tickets she just missed that one."Peace, 65, said he bought the $2 ticket on January 4 from I Market on Barber Boulevard. His ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls in the drawing.
The odds of matching all five white balls are 1 in 11.6 million.What are the odds you win the lottery? You're more likely to be struck by lightning.Peace does renovation work on homes but may take early retirement after the win. He said he also wants to put money aside for his savings, grandchildren, and buy a Ford F-150 truck."We just can’t put into words how happy we are and how appreciative we are," he added. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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