Wife predicts lottery win — then lands $200K-winning ticket in NC. ‘I told you’
A North Carolina woman may be questioning her psychic abilities after her lottery prediction came true.
Sylvia Wells, of Hubert, told her husband she believed she would win the lottery, according to a June 19 news release from the N.C. Education Lottery.
The couple traveled to a Handy Mart in Jacksonville on June 17 to test their luck, officials said.
“We bought his favorite ticket and my favorite ticket,” Wells told officials.
The two left the store, then scratched off their $5 Diamond 10X tickets — and her husband’s ticket won $200,000.
“We just kept looking at each other,” Wells said. “It was overwhelming.”
Wells’ husband’s ticket hit one of four top prizes, lottery officials said. After taxes, they will take home $143,501.
The woman told officials she plans to use the money to buy land.
“I was like, ‘I told you we were going to do it,” Wells said she told her husband. “We did it.”
One top prize remains in the Diamond 10X game, lottery officials said.
The couple lives in Hubert, about a 65-mile drive northeast from Wilmington in southeastern North Carolina.
This story was originally published June 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM with the headline "Wife predicts lottery win — then lands $200K-winning ticket in NC. ‘I told you’."
