FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A Rural Hall man won a $520,690 digital jackpot Friday morning, a surprise so sudden he said his voice shot into a high pitch as he realized he had hit the top prize, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery officials.

Gary Warren Jr. was playing The Lamp: Dark Arts, a digital instant game with a progressive jackpot, when his $5 play triggered the top “Alakazam” win. The odds of hitting that prize were 1 in 12.9 million. Warren said he immediately called his wife, who recognized from his voice that he had won.

He claimed the prize Thursday at lottery headquarters and received $373,597 after taxes, lottery officials said.

Warren, a football coach of more than 20 years, said he plans to invest the money, buy his daughter a car and donate to the youth foot

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