CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A group of co-workers recently bought a winning Powerball ticket from a Walmart in Charlotte.

The winners purchased their $3 voucher from the Walmart on North Tryon Street near Interstate 85 in northeast Charlotte.

Their ticket matched numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball in the Aug. 23rd drawing to win $50,000. Because it was a Power Play voucher, the prize doubled to $100,000 when the 2X multiplier hit.

“We really won the lottery,” the co-workers told each other as they gathered at lottery headquarters to claim the prize on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

One of the six co-workers, Dwane Heyward of South Carolina, said she initially received a notification that the group’s ticket was a winner, but thought it was only for $500.

It wasn’t until the entire gro

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