Brandon Jones, is a Davie County man, an electrical mechanical engineer in the U.S. Army, and a $150,000 lottery winner.

“You don’t believe it at first,” Jones, said Monday as he arrived at lottery headquarters in Raleigh to claim his prize.

“It’s like a big jolt to your body, like adrenaline. Pretty cool.” Jones said he purchased his winning ticket for $5 at the Home Run in Salisbury.

He said he planned to “hold onto” his winnings and sometime in the future use the money to buy or build a house. After federal and state tax withholdings, he received $106,876.

The winner has to reach the nearest lottery headquarters for further documentation formalities and for claiming their winning prize money, lottery officials said.

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