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A North Carolina man said he and his wife couldn't sleep after learning he won a six-digit lottery prize

"I was like a kid at Christmas," Lee Cox told lottery officials

Even better? The lucky ticket only cost him $1

A North Carolina man said he couldn’t sleep — and neither could his wife — after he hit the jackpot.

Lee Cox, of Asheville, was stunned to learn on Friday, Sept. 19 that he had won a $120,000 lottery prize on a Cash 5 lottery ticket that he bought for just $1, according to a news release from North Carolina lottery officials.

Cox purchased the winning ticket from the iMarket on Tunnel Road in Asheville.

That night, Cox couldn’t get the good news off his mind and struggled to fall asleep. “I was like a kid at Christmas,” he told lottery officials.

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