Marquetton Carraway, Goldsboro, N.C., said a desire for mac and cheese led to his visiting a store where he bought a scratch-off lottery ticket and won $200,000. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
"I was actually going to the store to buy macaroni and cheese to cook," Carraway said. "When I got to the counter, the man gave me my change, and I was about to walk out the store until something told me to buy a ticket."
The man's lucky feeling turned out to be correct when his $5 Mega Bucks ticket earned him a $200,000 jackpot.
Carraway said the first thing he did was call his mother.
"At the time, she was on a business call," Carraway said. "And I told her that her business was now over."
He said he sent his mother a photo of the ticket to "make sure I'm not seeing things."
Carraway said his plans for the money include buying a house and treating his family.
