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Two Selma residents split $1 million lottery prize
A $20 ticket turned into more than $200,000 for two Selma residents.
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SELMA, N.C. — A $20 ticket turned into more than $200,000 for two Selma residents.
Darrell Wessinger and Deborah Singletary purchased the ticket at the Kangaroo Express on U.S. Highway 301 South in Wilson.
Both chose to receive a lump sum payment, and after state and federal taxes, each will receive $207,753, lottery officials said.
Wessinger and Singletary are the latest to win $1 million playing the North Carolina Education Lottery’s $4 million Multiplier Spectacular Game.
As of Thursday morning, two $4 million prizes and four $1 million prizes have yet to be claimed.
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