Donnie Leviner's intuition paid off with a $2 million winning lottery ticket. (NC Education Lottery)
Scotland County, N.C.
A North Carolina man says he had a gut feeling to purchase a lottery ticket and it certainly paid off.
According to the NC Educational Lottery, Donnie Leviner turned a $20 Big Cash Payout ticket into a $2 million payday.
“Something just told me to buy it,” he said.
Leviner, 18, said his intuition told him to buy a few lottery tickets while he stopped at Sneads Grove convenience store in Laurel Hill.
“I initially just went there to fill up the lawn mower,” Leviner said.
The 18-year-old collected his prize money on Monday.
“I was in disbelief,” he said. “I really didn’t think it was true.”
Lottery officials said Leviner’s win was official, and he chose to receive the prize money as a lump sum of $1.2 million.
After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $858,006.