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A North Carolina man's used a $20 bill he discovered on the ground to purchase a lottery scratch-off ticket that won him a $1 million top prize, officials said. NC LotteryThe find was made Oct. 22 outside a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Boone, North Carolina, the NC Education Lottery said in a statement Friday. He told lottery officials he'll use the money to help his children and to retire after more than five decades as a carpenter, according to the NC Education Lottery statement. On Monday, NC Education Lottery officials said Cynthia Moore of Smithfield was the first, $1 million top-prize winner for its Cashword scratch-off game, introduced in August, after she purchased a $10 ticket at a market in Wilson. For two years in a row, lottery officials said in August, NC Education Lottery games have earned more than $1 billion for public schools and other education programs, contributing it to the state's more than $15 billion in annual education spending.

Persons: Carolina man's, Jerry Hicks, Hicks didn't, “, ”, Hicks, they’ve, Cynthia Moore Organizations: NC, Lottery, NC Education Locations: Carolina, Boone , North Carolina, Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina, Smithfield, Wilson

☆ Lottery winner: Man wins $1 million lottery with $20 bill he found on the ground
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Mariasole Campinoti | Maria Sole Campinoti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —When a North Carolina man headed to a convenience store on Tuesday, he had no idea luck was on his side. Jerry Hicks, a master carpenter from Banner Elk, found a $20 bill in the parking lot of the store, he said in a news release. He spent it on a scratch-off lottery ticket – and won $1 million. Hicks used the money to buy an Extreme Cash scratch-off, according to the release. Hicks claimed his prize on Friday at the North Carolina Education Lottery Headquarters.

Persons: Jerry Hicks, Hicks, “, ”, they’ve Organizations: CNN, North Carolina Education Lottery Headquarters Locations: North Carolina, Banner Elk

Then this happened.”Herbert said that as he watched the reports of devastation emerging from western North Carolina, he knew he had to act. Shortly after landing in Concord, Herbert was dispatched on his first Operation Airdrop mission to another hard-hit area, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. "Then I started seeing some of the pictures of the devastation in western North Carolina," he said. Holt said volunteer pilots are not allowed to fly missions at night for safety reasons. "Today what was needed was medical supplies, and we had to scramble when we realized we were short," said Lee, 47, of Cornelius, North Carolina.

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☆ Dollar General is testing Amazon-style tech that lets customers leave without checking out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dollar General is testing cashierless checkout technology at a store in North Carolina. Customers at a Dollar General store in Banner Elk, North Carolina, don't have to stand in line or deal with a self-checkout kiosk at the end of their visit. Dollar General, though, is working with AiFi, a startup that has developed its own technology and partners with retailers. "Consistent with our ongoing strategy to continually look for new ways to meet our customers' value and convenience needs, we recently piloted a store with frictionless technology," Dollar General told Insider. Dollar General has faced labor shortages.

Persons: —, AiFi, Frank Beard, Beard, Alex Bitter Organizations: Service, Dollar, Amazon, Foods, Aldi, Carrefour Locations: North Carolina, Banner Elk , North Carolina, Washington ,, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, French

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