{"id":119,"date":"2026-07-21T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:09:24","slug":"north-carolina-football-coach-hits-520k-lotto-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/north-carolina-football-coach-hits-520k-lotto-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Football Coach Hits $520K Lotto Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Forsyth County coach Gary Warren Jr. wins $520,690 NC Lottery jackpot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. \u2014 A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/tag\/north-carolina\"><em><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;football coach just turned a $5 gamble into a life-changing payday, and the moment he realized he\u2019d struck gold was\u2026 loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Gary Warren Jr.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>of Rural Hall walked away with a massive $520,690 jackpot after hitting the top prize in the&nbsp;<em>North Carolina Education Lottery\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;digital instant game&nbsp;<strong><em>The Lamp: Dark Arts \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>with the odds being 1 in 12.9 million \u2014 but fate was clearly in his corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_138275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7534.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7534-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"The Lamp Dark Arts NC Education Lottery digital instant game Forsyth County coach Gary Warren Jr wins 520690 dollar jackpot\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lamp: Dark Arts is a NC Education Lottery digital instant game featuring a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time with odds of 1 in 12.9 million.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Warren<\/em>&nbsp;says the second he saw those winning numbers, he completely lost control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go.ezodn.com\/utilcave_com\/ezoic.png\" alt=\"Ezoic\" title=\"ezoic\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI started walking around the house talking in this super high-pitched voice,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Warren<\/em>&nbsp;officially&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nclottery.com\/NewsBlogDetails\/2025\/12\/4\/Forsyth-County-man-lost-his-voice-after-520690-digital-instant-win-\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed his prize<\/a>&nbsp;at lottery headquarters Thursday. After the state and federal government took their cut, he walked away with a still-massive $373,597 in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not bad for five bucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forsyth County coach Gary Warren Jr. wins $520,690 NC Lottery jackpot FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. \u2014 A&nbsp;North Carolina&nbsp;football coach just turned a $5 gamble into a life-changing payday, and the moment he realized he\u2019d struck gold was\u2026 loud. Gary Warren Jr.&nbsp;of Rural Hall walked away with a massive $520,690 jackpot after hitting the top prize in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winston-salem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}