If you drove past the gas station in North Carolina last week and dismissed the idea to buy a lottery ticket – and now you obviously have to kick yourself for this decision.
The day – Saturday, June 22 from 2014 residents of North Carolina won the lottery Pick 4 simply by selecting the number of 0-0-0-0.
So «full of zeros» at this time has become if not a fortune, in a fair replenishment of the family budget for the winners.
According to representatives of the lottery NC Education, about half of the 2014 winners bought tickets for one dollar and will receive $5000. The second half of the lucky winners bought tickets for only 50 cents and will now receive $2500.
The total amount of payments, including other winners, will be approximately $7.8 million, which is the largest lottery result Pick 4 in the state.
As told in the office lottery NC Education, a selection of four of the same rooms compulsive gamblers are called «Quads», and it’s quite popular practice. So, in 2012, several players chose a combination 1-1-1-1 and shared the prize of $7.5 million.
According to representatives of the lottery, the probability of a four of a kind — one chance in 10,000.
The winners has 180 days to claim winnings, what they can do in any of the six regional offices of the lottery. The lucky ones only warned that payments could be delayed slightly because of the huge number of winners.
Game Pick 4 annually brings more than $650 million for educational programs in North Carolina.
