HARRISBURG, N.C. — A Concord college student has won a $2 million Powerball prize with a ticket bought at a Harrisburg convenience store, North Carolina Education Lottery officials announced Thursday.
Officials identified the winner as Bram Dunehew, who is studying civil engineering. He bought the ticket at a Sam's Mart along N.C. 49 in Harrisburg on Friday, after stopping to put gas in his vehicle.
According to the lottery, the receipt did not print at the pump, so Dunehew went inside the store. There he paid $3 for a ticket for Saturday's Halloween Powerball drawing. He also added the Power Play option.
His ticket had all five white-ball numbers correct, which carries a $1 million prize. The Power Play option doubled that amount to $2 million, officials said.
Dunehew claimed the prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After taxes were withheld at the federal and state levels, he received $1,440,201, the lottery said.
Officials said Dunehew told them he intends to buy a Cadillac for his father with part of the money. He also said he would not have bought the ticket if the receipt had printed at the pump.
WSOC-TV first reported this story.
