$100K win for Greensboro man after buying ticket at convenience store

James Hines Jr., of Greensboro, won a $100,000 lottery prize Monday night, according to an NC Education Lottery news release.

�This is like a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing,� he said.

Hines, a 50-year-old mail carrier, bought his winning ticket from the E Quick Shop on Spring Garden Street in Greensboro.

He then took his ticket to his car and started scratching.

�I thought maybe my eyes were deceiving me,� he said.

Hines said he needed to take a minute to calm down.

�I had to try to compose myself,� he said.

�That�s the most excited I have ever been.�

Hines arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize.

After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $71,259.