A stop for gas on Sunday morning led Demarte Harris, of Salisbury, to win the first $200,000 top prize in a new lottery game. “I usually like to buy tickets when I stop for gas,” Harris said.

North Carolina man Demarte Harris made a stop for gas and bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $200,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI 31,136 people played the daily ...

“I usually like to buy tickets when I stop for gas,” Demarte Harris said in a lottery news release. “I like playing the new games.” He did both Sunday, Jan. 26, while at the Kangaroo ...

A stop for gas on Sunday morning led Demarte Harris, of Salisbury, to win the first $200,000 top prize in a new lottery game.

A man’s simple habits won him a $200,000 jackpot in the North Carolina Education Lottery, and he doesn’t mind giving tips. “I usually like to buy tickets when I stop for gas,” Demarte ...