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Wife's advice leads N.C. man to $250,000 lottery prize
The North Carolina Education Lottery says the Powerball player credited his wife's advice for the quarter-million-dollar prize; he is still, reportedly, taking it.
On air: Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance on BBN TonightPublished
At a glance
- First reported by UPI: “Wife's advice leads N.C. man to $250,000 lottery prize”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:47 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: N.C..
- BBN covered this story before: At least 5 tornadoes strike Central NC, damaging homes in Raleigh (October 12).
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What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA North Carolina man says he might not have won a two hundred fifty thousand dollar Powerball prize if not for some advice from his wife.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA man took his wife's advice and it paid off. I have filed that under rare, in every country I have worked in.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot the ticket. The listening. That is the part the lottery commission should be studying.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen she needs credentials. What is her license number, Hank?
The story so far
- Opossum caught on fishing hook rescued from N.C. tree · UPI
- Boone council to discuss 332-unit apartment complex · Watauga Democrat
- Consumer Mood Sinks as North Carolina Suspends Gas Tax · WRAL
- Western NC counties respond to impacts from Isaias' remnants · WLOS
- Plouffe warns Cooper donors not to 'rest easy' in N.C. race · Newsmax
- At least 5 tornadoes strike Central NC, damaging homes in Raleigh · WRAL
- Wife's advice leads N.C. man to $250,000 lottery prize (this story)
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