Dalton Radford won the lottery prize from a Carolina Jackpot scratch-off ticket on Dec. 2
Dalton Radford, a public works employee from Dallas, North Carolina, reportedly bought two scratch-off tickets on Friday, Dec. 2.
From Will's Food Store III on Dallas High Shoals Highway in the Old North State, according to a press release issued by the North Carolina Education Lottery.
"I left work and was going to my second job," Radford told the lottery board, in a statement.
"I stopped for a White Monster drink and two Carolina Jackpot tickets."
Radford said he learned that he was a winner when he checked his tickets in the convenience store parking lot.
Radford told the NC Education Lottery that his grandfather predicted he’d win $1 million two weeks before his scratch-off win.
Radford reportedly claimed his prize on Tuesday at the NC Education Lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
The NC Education Lottery said Radford was presented with two prize options: take an annuity payment of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum payment of $600,000.
"I think I’ll buy a brand-new [Chevrolet] Silverado," Radford said, in a statement.
