A NORTH Carolina man who won a US$50,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket in January had luck strike a second time in the form of a US$200,000 prize.

Roger Lunsford of Swannanoa told North Carolina Education Lottery officials his shock at scratching off a US$200,000 top prize from the ticket he purchased from Stop N Go in Swannanoa was compounded by the fact that he had just won US$50,000 from a US$10,000,000 Colossal Cash ticket in January.

“I’m not one of those folks that jumps up and down and hollers,” Lunsford said. “But I was shocked when I saw that I had won again, and how much it was.”

“It was definitely a lot to take in,” he said.

Lunsford said his latest winnings will go into a “rainy day” fund and will potentially finance some future family trips.

“We want to take a vacation to Florida,” he said. “I love fishing and it’s so nice out on the water there.”

(SD-Agencies)