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Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man said a stop for gas and the discovery of a lucky penny led to winning $250,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

The official website of the North Carolina Education Lottery. Powerball; Mega Millions; Lucky For Life; Cash 5; Pick 4; Pick 3; Keno; Fast Play Games; Scratch-Offs; LUCKE-REWARDS. New scratch-offs come out every First Tuesday. Scratch-Off Games Prizes Remaining Games Ending. New $ 1 $ 2 $ 3 $ 5 $ 10 $ 20 $ 25 $ 30. 12 hours ago  FAYETTEVILLE — A Cumberland County resident bought a $5 Gold Rush scratch-off ticket and won $250,000, according to the N.C. Education Lottery. Tejas Patel of Fayetteville bought the winning ticket at the Champs Food Mart in Bladenboro, according to the news release. Patel just graduated from the University of Akron. NC man says lucky feeling led to $200,000 lottery win. Harvey Smith, of Roseboro, said he bought a $5 scratch-off ticket and won a $200,000 prize, according to an NC Education Lottery news release.

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Christopher Wray, of Maiden, told North Carolina Education Lottery officials his original intention when he stopped at the Quik Trip gas station in Gastonia was only to fuel up his vehicle.

'I was actually stopping to get gas,' Wray said. 'I went in to go use the facilities, and on the way in I found a penny, heads up, on the ground. And I was like, 'Hey! Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck, right?'

Wray said he decided to buy some of the new scratch-off lottery tickets that came out in February.

'I was like well, I guess now that I have a penny I have to use it!' he said. 'And I thought, well these are new, let's grab one of these. And the first one, pop. I'm looking at it like, this can't be right.'

The ticket, a $5 20X The Cash game, was a $250,000 top prize winner.

'I still don't feel like I really get it,' he said. 'It's surreal.'

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$10 scratch off tickets are among the most popular scratchers with players. The price is more than the cheapest tickets yet typically provides much better odds and higher top prizes.

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