The dream of many people is to win the lottery and find some economic stability with that prize. Now, what regarding the luck of winning a big lottery prize twice?
that happened to Kenya Sloan, a 41-year-old woman, who lives in North Carolina, United States, who won the award twice.
Having won $1 million in August 2022 with the Carolina Jackpot lottery, Sloan decided to try his luck once more last October.
This time he did it with the NC Education Lottery, a scratch-off lottery with which he was going to play for the first time in his life. “I thought, there’s no way this is going to happen once more,” he said.
However, Sloan surprised lottery officials when he won the prize once more. This time, his reward was $2 million.
“I was just standing there, in shock. I feel blessed, that’s all I can say,” Sloan said.
Lottery officials told the woman that she might choose to receive her prize in a kind of monthly rent, that is, regarding $100,000 each month, for the next 20 years, or she might choose a one-time payment of the total money. cattle.
The woman, however, elected to receive her entire prize, which was reduced following the payment of state and federal taxes in the United States.
Sloan stated that with this new money she will finally be able to fulfill her dream of starting a business and she is determined to set up a restaurant serving traditional food in the North Carolina town where she lives.