Billy Pruett poses with a check from wining the lottery, undated. He said the scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a USD 250,000 prize was only the second lottery ticket he had ever bought.
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01 November 2022
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A lucky punter has scooped an amazing USD-250,000 prize from his second-ever lottery ticket. Billy Pruett, 56, from Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina won the mega prize - worth GBP 217,000 - from a USD-5 scratch-off. After tax, he took home USD 177,526 (GBP 154,000) on 28th October...