It was a (pre)historic victory for a Randolph County man who scored the top prize in a new dinosaur-themed lottery game.

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The win

"Something just told me to go get that ticket," said winner Matthew Goins on his decision to buy a $5 scratch-off. That instinct paid off with a $200,000 prize.

The Franklinville resident bought a "Jurassic Park" ticket from the DD Express in Biscoe and gave his son partial credit for the fateful decision. "My son is really big into 'Jurassic Park.'" However, the ticket was also enticing for an entirely personal reason. "I was drawn to the tickets because of the second-chance trip to Hawaii,"

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