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A North Carolina man won over $900,000 after playing the lottery while he was "killing time out of boredom"

Matthew Shepherd said he was "ecstatic" when he learned he had won

NC Education Lottery games have raised more than $11 billion for education in the state since the lottery was founded in 2006

A North Carolina man won nearly $1 million after playing the lottery "out of boredom."

Matthew Shepherd of Burnsville decided to try the $5 digital instant on Nov. 26, and he ended up winning a $952,821 jackpot, according to a press release from the NC Education Lottery.

“I was just killing time out of boredom,” he told the organization. “When it stopped at the jackpot, I was like, ‘There’s no way.’ ”

“I was ecstatic,” Shepherd added. “I would’ve been happy to just doubl

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