Jan. 6 (UPI) — A North Carolina woman’s “spur-of-the-moment” decision to buy a lottery ticket resulted in her winning a $2 million Powerball prize.
Cramerton resident Pegi Campbell told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she hadn’t originally intended to buy a lottery ticket when she visited the Food Lion on South New Hope Road in Gastonia.
“It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing to buy it,” Campbell said.
She selected a $3 ticket for the Dec. 13 Powerball drawing with Power Play. She matched the five white balls in the drawing, earning a $1 million prize that was doubled when the 2X multiplier hit…