Johnston County man wants to spend part of $1 million lottery prize on 18-wheeler

A Johnston County man was so moved by winning $1 million in the North Carolina Education Lottery, he lost his appetite.

Michael Morgan of Benson gave his wife a lottery ticket to scratch before they planned to eat dinner. When they discovered they had won the $1 million prize, he no longer cared about what was on his plate.

“I lost my appetite right then,” he laughed. “I couldn’t eat.”

He bought the lucky $10 Multiplier Mania ticket from Liberty Mart 1 on North Ellis Avenue in Dunn. Morgan said he scratched one ticket while his wife scratched another.

“She said to me, ‘You need to check this,’” he recalled.

“We were both just tickled,” Morgan said. “We couldn’t believe it.”

Morgan chose to receive the lump sum option of $600,000 and, after taxes, took home $429,003.

Morgan, a truck driver, said he already knows how he wants to spend part of his winnings.

“I’d like to buy my own 18-wheeler,” he said.