Wayne County Man Wins $1 Million Playing Mega Millions

GOLDSBORO – Lovenzo Marks of Goldsboro tried his luck in the Oct. 14 Mega Millions drawing and won a $1 million prize.

Marks bought his lucky $2 Quick Pick ticket from the Handy Mart on U.S. 70 West in Goldsboro. He matched all five white balls to win the $1 million prize. The odds of matching all five white balls are 1 in 12.6 million.

He arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize and, after federal and state tax withholdings, took home $710,101.

Friday’s Mega Millions drawing offers a $30 million jackpot. A winner in North Carolina could take home the jackpot as an annuity paying out the $30 million over 29 years or choose instead to take home $14.9 million in cash.