Man wins 115,000 on the lottery thanks to a pumpkin | US News [Video]

A man can thank his lucky pumpkin for helping him win a £115,000 lottery prize.

Roy Story was partaking in his Halloween tradition of selling pumpkins and did not think much of it.

‘I raise a few pumpkins every year and sell them,’ said Story, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

‘Someone (gave) me $10 for a pumpkin and I used that to buy the ticket.’

Story, of Hertford in Perquimans County, said he loves to play crosswords.

‘I play them all,’ he said.

With the pumpkin money, Story bought a $5 Xtreme Cashword ticket on Monday morning from the Sun Farms gas station on US 17 South in Elizabeth City.

At first, he did not realize his prize was in the six digits.

‘I didn’t have my glasses on,’ he said. ‘I thought it won $1,000.’

Story claimed his $150,000 prize at the lottery headquarters later that same day. After state and federal tax withholdings, …