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HONK If You Just Won The Lottery! Guilford Co. Truck Driver Wins $50K Powerball Jackpot

“I had to yell for my wife to double check the ticket,” David Barrow said.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Guilford County truck driver has claimed the $50,000 Powerball jackpot prize!

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The trucker bought the ticket at the Quality Mart on N.C. 68 North in Oak Ridge.

David Barrow said he couldn’t believe his luck.

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“I had to yell for my wife to double check the ticket,” Barrow said.

Barrow plans to use the money to take his wife on a fun vacation.

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The Quick Pick ticket beat odds of 1 in 913,129 to win the prize. It was one of four sold in N.C. to win $50,000 in the drawing. A ticket sold in Wisconsin won the $768.4 million annuity jackpot. It’s the third highest Powerball jackpot on record.

Four people recently won the $50,000 Powerball prize in North Carolina including two in the Triad. 

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