CLINTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Sampson County man is celebrating after winning the $130,000 jackpot prize days before his 40th birthday.

"I don't even know how to describe the feeling," Corey Hamilton told the NC Education Lottery. "I just always felt that if it's meant to be, then it's meant to be."

Hamilton bought his winning $1 Cash 5 Quick Pick ticket from the Han-Dee Hugo's on Southeast Boulevard in Clinton. He said he found out he won when he checked his numbers early on Wednesday morning.

"I woke up at 3:30 and I was like, 'Wait a second, that can't be right,'" Hamilton said. "It has kind of all lined up since I turn 40 on Saturday."

After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $93,275, which Hamilton said he plans to use to buy a new truck, pay bills, and save fo

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