{"id":7137,"date":"2025-09-22T23:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2025-09-22T23:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:17:24","slug":"north-carolina-man-wins-130000-lottery-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/international\/north-carolina-man-wins-130000-lottery-jackpot\/7137\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Man Wins \\$130,000 Lottery Jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Tuesday, 23 September 2025 | Web Desk<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They call it a stroke of sheer luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the United States, a man won a <strong>\\$130,000 prize<\/strong> just a few days before turning 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corey Hamilton, a resident of Clinton, North Carolina, said he stopped at a store on Southeast Boulevard where he purchased a lottery ticket. The next morning, around 3:30 a.m., he checked the draw results and discovered that he had won the jackpot worth <strong>\\$130,000 (approximately PKR 36.5 million)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton expressed great joy over the win, saying the timing couldn\u2019t have been better. \u201cIt came just at the right moment,\u201d he said, adding that he will be celebrating his 40th birthday in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/international\/big-beautiful-bill-beautiful-future-but-not-for-everyone\/6930\/\">Big Beautiful Bill: Beautiful Future \u2014 But Not for Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnewsmakers.com.pk%2Fvideos%2F4115834308659058%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, 23 September 2025 | Web Desk They call it a stroke of sheer luck. 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