North Carolina man wins $361,527 lottery and splits with his friend
North Carolina man wins $361,527 lottery and splits with his friend, he and his friend made a promise with each other that whenever they will win a big lottery they will share that with each other.
Scott Edwards made a this promise with his friend Perry Charles.
Charles kept his word when he won a $361,527 Fast Play jackpot Tuesday in North Carolina and called his friend to share the lottery amount.
Charles bought his winning $5 Double Win ticket from the Mast Food Mart on Old U.S. 64 East in Lexington, North Carolina.
"I was lost for words," Edwards said. "I was kind of in shock too because to me that’s a lot of money to win. And I know that anything he says is just the truth. So, I knew when he told me that he wasn’t pulling my leg."
Both men told lottery officials they plan on paying bills.
