Brunswick County man wins a big jackpot in NC education lottery

A Brunswick County man has much to celebrate after winning a $100,000 prize on a scratch-off ticket.

Donald Burgess, a 61-year-old handyman from Ocean Isle Beach, bought a $30 Fabulous Fortune ticket from the Calabash Food & Fuel on Beach Drive Southwest in Calabash, according to a news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery.

"I was jumping up and down in the store," said Burgess in the release. "I could have danced on the counter."

Burgess arrived at lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Wednesday and took home $71,259 after required state and federal tax withholdings.

“The store employees and customers were all congratulating me,” he recalled.

Burgess called the win a game changer for him and his daughter. “It will certainly make our lives better,” he said.