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A North Carolina man scored the top prize from a Virginia lottery scratch off ticket, according to lottery officials. Getty Images/iStockphoto “What in the world?” the North Carolina man said ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A dad decided to stop at a local convenience store he had never been to, and as a result, he won a big lottery prize in North Carolina that came at just the right time.