Man with a craving for Brazil nuts ends up winning life-changing NC lottery jackpot
A quick stop at a store to buy Brazil nuts ended up winning a North Carolina man a six-figure payday.
Winston-Salem resident Douglas Pfaff visited the Harris Teeter on Grant Hill Lane to pick up his nuts and bought a $2 Lucky For Life ticket while he was there. It ended up winning the 66-year-old business owner the second-top prize in the game, according to lottery officials.
Pfaff had to choose how to cash his prize: $25,000 a year for life, or a $390,000 lump sum prize ($276,942 after taxes,) lottery officials said.
Pfaff decided to take home the lump sum prize with a special purchase in mind.
“I would like to buy a boat,” he told lottery officials.
When Pfaff lived in Texas, he sold a boat that he used to own. He told lottery officials that it has always been his dream to buy another.
“When I sold my boat, it was like losing a part of my body,” Pfaff said. “I pledged to myself if I had the chance to I would get me another boat.”
The odds of winning the second-top prize in the Lucky For Life game are 1 in 1,813,028, according to lottery officials.
Winston-Salem is about 100 miles northwest of Raleigh.
This story was originally published March 24, 2022 at 10:04 AM with the headline "Man with a craving for Brazil nuts ends up winning life-changing NC lottery jackpot."
