Man Wins Over $300,000 Lottery Prize from $1 Ticket: 'I Was Kind of in Shock'

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A North Carolina man had to do a double take when he saw his winning lottery numbers called during a live drawing.
'I was kind of in shock,' Michael Mancuso Jr. of Maggie Valley told the NC Education Lottery of the July 3 moment that changed his life.
'I'm still in shock,' he added.
Mancuso Jr. spent just $1 on a Quick Pick ticket from Maggie Valley Mart on Soco Road and ended up winning the $318,544 jackpot after matching all five numbers from a live Cash 5 drawing.
The odds of matching all five balls are one in 962,598.
Once the required federal and state tax withholdings were taken out, he went home $228,556 richer after claiming his prize on Tuesday, July 22.
He was also thrilled to share the news.
'I told everybody,' Mancuso Jr. confessed while laughing. 'They were all just excited.'
The lottery winner said he already has plans for how he will spend his earnings.
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'I'm going to give a lot to my sister and my brother,' Mancuso Jr. said. 'I want to spread it around to my family.'
Whatever he has left will go toward purchasing a new motorcycle.
For details on how $3 million raised by the lottery made a difference for education programs in Haywood County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the 'Impact' section.
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