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How would you like to win over half a million? That's what happened for a man from Arkansas earlier this month.
The man from Hackett, Arkansas, brought home a whopping $550,000 cash prize in the November 4 Natural State Jackpot drawing.
He claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center in Little Rock a few days later on November 7, after he matched all five winning numbers: 10, 17, 18, 26, and 27.
The winner, who says he is a regular lottery player, bought his lucky Quick Pick ticket at Hugs and Biscuits on South Main Street in Hackett. He’s had other wins before, but not like this.
His wife told lottery officials,
If diligence will win you the jackpot, he’s got it.
 
After the drawing, he scanned his ticket and was directed to visit the Claim Center, which is a big clue that you have won big since retailers can only cash up to $300.
I thought, ‘No, no… really? Oh my!’
 
He calmly asked his wife if she wanted to take a trip to Little Rock. Since he didn't share the news with her immediately, she said she already had plans. Those plans changed when he texted her a photo of the winning ticket.
Once the shock wore off, the couple headed to Little Rock together to claim their prize money. He says he plans to save a portion of the money.
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For more information on all the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery games, visit MyArkansasLottery.com.
 
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Ten school districts across North Carolina, from Transylvania to Tyrrell counties, will share over $392 million in state lottery-funded grants for school construction and renovation, per officials.
The grants, targeting economically distressed areas, aim to finance new or replacement buildings, including seven elementary schools, two high schools, and one Career and Technical Education Center. Additionally, the projects include complete renovations of two existing schools and the replacement of 14 others.
These funds, distributed through the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund, mark the largest annual allocation from state lottery revenues. The NBPSCF, established by the General Assembly in 2017, provides application-based grants to supplement the state's lottery-supported Public School Building Capital Fund and the Public School Building Repair and Renovation Fund, which allocate funds to all 115 districts annually.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Maurice "Mo" Green shared that the needs-based grants help districts serve students, educators, and communities with updated, and in some cases entirely new, schools that add immeasurable benefits to student growth and learning.
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Awards are capped at $42 million for elementary school projects, $52 million for middle school projects, and $62 million for high school projects.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction reviewed and evaluated grant applications in accordance with the criteria identified in statute, including county development tier designation, ability to generate new revenue, debt-to-tax revenue ratio, to which projects will address critical deficiencies, consolidation and replacement of multiple existing facilities, and counties that have not received a grant in three years.
In total, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction received 92 applications totaling nearly $2 billion in requested funding. The NBPSCF grant program is funded annually through budget appropriations of North Carolina Education Lottery revenue.
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And they weren’t the only big winners at National Lottery HQ today
A LUCKY syndicate has collected a Lotto prize worth a life-changing €1million.
The group scooped the cash in the Plus One draw on Saturday, November 1.
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The winning ticket was purchased at Circle K Dodder on Rathfarnham Road in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
A spokesperson said: “I picked up the results in the shop and manually went through them, comparing the results to my ticket.
“As I went through, I was ticking the numbers off, not thinking we would ever have a top prize win.
“I was saying to myself that we matched four numbers, then five and then never expected to be saying we had all six numbers.
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“I called another syndicate member immediately who couldn’t believe it.”
The syndicate manager has kept the ticket carefully hidden in their kitchen ever since the win and is now deciding on what to do with the windfall.
They added: “I am looking forward to planning a few home renovations and maybe some nice trips around Ireland too.”
Another Dublin syndicate had no idea just how much their EuroMillions ticket from the November 4 draw was worth until they rang the Claims Team in Lottery HQ.
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They won the top prize of €500,000 in the Friday night Plus draw after purchasing their ticket at Donnybrook Fair on Morehampton Road in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
They said: “I was visiting a family member when I decided to pop into the shop to pick up our ticket.
“A few days later, I noticed that I had two tickets in my pocket to check.
“There was nothing on the first one and when I checked this one, I could see there was something but no idea how much.
“To be honest, I didn’t even know that there was a €500,000 win that night.
“I assumed it was a smaller prize, so I rang the Claims Team to find out and it was only then that I realised.
“I’m sure the person on the end of the line could hear how shocked I was!”
The EuroMillions Plus winners are now looking forward to booking a holiday to celebrate.
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And an online player in Sligo got a huge surprise when they won the top prize of €80,000 on the Hand to Hand Clash Instant Win game.
They said: “I must have logged in and checked the ticket about 1,000 times. I couldn’t and still can’t believe it!”
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