North Carolina student wins $2M, thanks to gas pump glitch

Life does not always go the way we plan. Sometimes, an unexpected detour can lead to something extraordinary. Bram Dunehew, a college student in North Carolina, had no plans of winning $2 million in the lottery when he stopped to refuel his car. The gas pump failed to print his receipt, sending him inside a convenience store. On a spur-of-the-moment decision, he bought a $3 Powerball ticket, which turned into a life-changing Halloween windfall!

“It’s crazy because I never would have even bought that ticket if the receipt had printed outside,” Dunehew told the NC Education Lottery.A receipt that changed the course of his lifeOn Friday, October 30, Bram Dunehew stopped for petrol in Harrisburg. The errand should have taken five minutes. Fill the tank, grab the receipt and drive home. But the pump had other plans. After filling the tank, the receipt didn’t print.

So Dunehew, a Concord resident studying civil engineering at college, walked inside Sam’s Mart on N.C. 49 to sort it out.While inside the convenience store, he picked up a $3 Powerball ticket. It was a random decision.