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Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man said a stop for gas and the discovery of a lucky penny led to winning $250,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

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Christopher Wray, of Maiden, told North Carolina Education Lottery officials his original intention when he stopped at the Quik Trip gas station in Gastonia was only to fuel up his vehicle.

'I was actually stopping to get gas,' Wray said. 'I went in to go use the facilities, and on the way in I found a penny, heads up, on the ground. And I was like, 'Hey! Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck, right?'

Wray said he decided to buy some of the new scratch-off lottery tickets that came out in February.

'I was like well, I guess now that I have a penny I have to use it!' he said. 'And I thought, well these are new, let's grab one of these. And the first one, pop. I'm looking at it like, this can't be right.'

The ticket, a $5 20X The Cash game, was a $250,000 top prize winner.

'I still don't feel like I really get it,' he said. 'It's surreal.'

A supermarket shopper has beaten odds of one in 302.5 million to win a billion dollars on the US Mega Millions lottery.

The lucky winner popped out for shopping at a branch of US grocery chain Kroger in Detroit, Michigan - and brought home a billion dollar (almost £731m) ticket.

It is the third-largest lottery prize in US history.

'Someone in Michigan woke up to life-changing news this morning, and Kroger Michigan congratulates the newest Michigan multimillionaire,' said Rachel Hurst, a regional spokeswoman for the grocery chain.

The Mega Millions top prize had been growing since 15 September - the last time the jackpot was won.

The next estimated jackpot is $20m (£14m).

Friday night's drawing came just two days after a ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers drawn and won a $731.1m (£534m) Powerball jackpot.

The jackpot figure relates to if a winner opts for an annuity, paid in 30 annual instalments.

Lucky Win Lottery Guessing Number

Most winners choose a one-off cash prize, which for the Mega Millions estimated jackpot would be $739.6m (£540m) before tax.