1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Mount Airy - North Carolina ...

Robert A. Farris Jr.
Commission Chairman
Tom Shaheen
Executive Director
Date: July 12, 2010
Contact: Ryan Kennemur
Phone: (919) 301-3306
$1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Mount Airy
RALEIGH – North Carolina continued its run of $1 million winners this week as a ticket sold in Mount
Airy matched all five white balls in the July 9 Mega Millions drawing. Millan Bellechasses, a longdistance
truck driver, wiped tears from his eyes when he realized that his quick pick ticket was worth $1
million. Since he purchased a $2 Megaplier ticket and the multiplier was four, the normal $250,000 prize
was multiplied to $1 million. The ticket was purchased at Brintle’s Travel Plaza on Plaza Lane in Mount
Airy.
Bellechasses, who lives in Ennice in Alleghany County, checked his ticket while buying groceries
Saturday morning. Upon learning of his good fortune, he walked outside to tell his wife, who was waiting
in the car. “I said, ‘We won’ and she said she didn’t believe me,” Bellechasses said. “She said, ‘Yeah.
Right.’ Because I am always kidding. I said, ‘Honey, come inside if you don’t believe me. We won $1
million.’ She looked at me and said, ‘OK.’ She wasn’t really convinced yet, but once she went inside and
saw everybody crying and everybody jumping up and down with joy, she started crying. Man, it was
nothing but joy.”
Bellechasses plans to use his winnings, worth $680,000 after taxes, on taking a vacation, purchasing a
home and a Kenworth 900 tractor-trailer rig. This win marks the third Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million
or more sold in North Carolina since the May 28 drawing when Mike Manheim of Greensboro won the
$12 million jackpot. A $1 million ticket sold in Arden during the July 2 drawing remains unclaimed.
One ticket sold in North Carolina also matched four white balls and the Mega Ball. The $2 Megaplier
ticket had its normal $10,000 prize multiplied by four, resulting in a prize of $40,000. The ticket was sold
at Island Cove on Fort Macon Road in Atlantic Beach.
A total of 7,967 North Carolina players won prizes in the Friday, July 9 Mega Millions drawing, ranging
from $2 to $1 million for a total payout in prizes of $1,103,657. Because no tickets matched all six balls,
the jackpot for the Tuesday, July 13 drawing is an estimated $52 million if taken as an annuity or $34
million if the lump-sum payment is chosen.
In the Saturday, July 10 drawing, a total of 36,127 North Carolina Powerball players won prizes ranging
from $3 to $10,000 for a total payout in prizes of $297,681. One ticket matched four white balls and the
Power Ball and is worth $10,000. The ticket was sold at Petro Express on Catawba Avenue in
Cornelius. As the $73 million jackpot was claimed in Florida, the jackpot for the Wednesday, July 14
Powerball resets to an estimated $20 million if taken as an annuity or $10.5 million as a lump-sum
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payment.
The North Carolina Education Lottery has paid out more than $5.1 million in instant scratch-off ticket
prizes since Thursday, July 8. “Carolina Pick 3” players have won more than $1.8 million. “Carolina Pick
4” players have won more than $531,000 including 38 tickets that won the top prize of $5,000. “Carolina
Cash 5” players have won more than $248,000.
Winner in the July 10 Powerball drawing:
Winner Hometown Amount Won Store Where Ticket Was Purchased
Unknown Unknown $10,000 Petro Express #3947
20008 W. Catawba Ave., Cornelius
Winners in the July 9 Mega Millions drawing:
Winner Hometown Amount Won
Millan Bellechasses Ennice $1,000,000 Brintle’s Travel Plaza
Store Where Ticket Was Purchased
125 Plaza Lane, Mount Airy
Unknown Unknown $40,000 Island Cove Inc.
2500 W. Fort Macon Rd., Atlantic Beach
Winner in the July 9 “Carolina Cash 5” drawing:
Winner Hometown Amount Won
Unknown Unknown $50,000 Petro Express #3975
Store Where Ticket Was Purchased
9424 Tryon St., Charlotte
Winner in the July 8 “Carolina Cash 5” drawing:
Winner Hometown Amount Won Store Where Ticket Was Purchased
Patricia Howard Southport $98,226 E-Z Way Grocery
921 N. Howe St., Southport
Instant scratch-off ticket top tier prize winners:
Winner Hometown Amount Won Game Played
Gary Bottomley Jr. Wilkesboro $10,000 $200 Million Extravaganza
Donald Williams Kernersville $10,000 $200 Million Extravaganza
Kirstie Cofield Windsor $5,000 $200 Million Extravaganza
Keith Hollifield Hickory $5,000 Cash Spectacular
Kathy Moss Monroe $5,000 $200 Million Extravaganza
Charles Tucker Laurel Springs $5,000 $200 Million Extravaganza
Editor’s Note: A photo of Millan Bellechasses, $1 million Mega Millions winner, is attached.
“Carolina Cash 5” Top Prize Winners Tally
Prize
# of winners
$50,000 to $856,998 322
Powerball Winners Tally
Prize
# of winners
$200,000 - $2 Million 185
$10,000 - $100,000 1062
Mega Millions Winners Tally
Prize
# of winners
$250,000 - $12 Million 7
$10,000 - $40,000 32
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2100 Yonkers Road
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 715-6886
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The Powerball numbers are since May 31, 2006.
The Mega Millions numbers are since Feb. 1.
The totals do not include unclaimed prizes.
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100% of the North Carolina Education Lottery net proceeds are used for pre-kindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds,
reduction of class size in early grades, school construction and need-based college scholarships. For prizes of $5,000 and
greater, 25% federal tax and 7% state tax are withheld.
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Raleigh, NC 27604
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