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DURHAM MAN PREDICTS $1 MILLION POWERBALL WIN
August 14, 2012
Gary Crispens, an accountant from Durham, said that he’s predicted for years that one day he would win a big lottery prize. His prediction came true as he collected a $1 million Powerball prize he won in the Saturday’s drawing.
“I’ve always been very lucky and I just knew it would happen eventually,” Crispens said. “In fact, I have won money three weeks in a row playing Powerball. I was just telling my wife that it was leading up to something big.”
Crispens matched all five white balls in Saturday’s drawing, but not the red Powerball. He learned of his win on Monday when he visited the Kroger on Southwest Durham Drive in Durham, where he purchased the winning ticket.
“When I went in, I had no idea,” Crispens said. “I handed my tickets to the clerk and jokingly said ‘I’m here to pick up my big money.’ She told me there had been a $1 million ticket sold there. When she scanned my ticket, she said I had won something big. Then she printed out the numbers and said I had won the big one. I immediately called my wife and said ‘Honey, we’re millionaires.’ We took off work and came right over to the lottery headquarters. This is just unbelievable.”
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Crispens received a check for $680,000. He plans to use the prize money to make home repairs, take an Alaskan cruise and save for retirement.
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