David Sharpe waited nearly a month to turn in a North Carolina Education Lottery ticket that was worth nearly one-third of a million dollars.
Sharpe, who lives just northwest of Statesville's city limits, purchased a Carolina Cash 5 ticket in early December and his numbers were drawn Dec. 5.
He held on to the $329,369 ticket until this past Monday, when he informed NCEL officials that he was a winner.
After taxes, Sharpe walked away with a $224,148 check, which he said he wanted to save and invest.
When contacted by the R&L, however, Sharpe said he did not wish to talk much more about his windfall.
"The people that I want to know about this, know about it," he said. "Other than that, I'd like to ... just say 'no comment' to any other questions about it."
Pam Walker, the NCEL communications director, said Sharpe is the fourth biggest winner from Iredell County in the nearly four years of the lottery's existence.
In 2006, Donald Sigmon of Statesville won $800,000 in the Powerball. And in 2008, Mooresville's Walter Coons won $400,000 in the Powerball and Lisa Williard of Harmony won $363,000 in the Cash 5 game.
Walker said that through last September, the NCEL has placed $1.25 billion into the State Education Lottery Fund.
The money is used to: reduce class sizes; fund a pre-kindergarten program for at-risk children called More At Four; fund new school construction and provide for scholarships.
Through 2009, Iredell County has received $15.02 million from the State Education Lottery Fund.
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