A Fayetteville man is celebrating today, as he won the top prize in a North Carolina Education Lottery scratch-off game featuring country music star Luke Combs.
In Combs’ hit song “When It Rains, It Pours,” he celebrates his new-found good fortune after losing his woman, “Then I won a hundred bucks on a scratch-off ticket. I bought two 12-packs and a tank of gas with it.”
But for Emmanuel Glover, it was actually $200,000 he won on the $5 Living Lucky ticket. He bought the ticket last week from Antioch Food Mart on U.S. 158 in Oxford.
As part of the game, a second-chance lottery drawing for a chance to go to a private concert with Luke Combs in Nashville. Glover said he would enjoy that!
“I love to venture out and try new things,” said Glover. “If I win, I’ll enjoy the trip down there.”
Glover and his wife were in the car when they discovered the win.
“I had to blink a couple times to see if it was real,” said Glover. “Then, we went about our day trying to hold it in.”
He will head home with $142,501 after the required state and federal taxes. It’s the second time someone has won the grand prize in the Luke Combs game – both of them in Oxford coincidentally – and there are three more out there.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $23 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
The 13 Best Things to Experience at the 2023 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival
1. Meet Our Team!
Come out and meet all your favorite Beasley Media Group radio station team members and on-air talents! We’ll be on the promenade all weekend long, plus in the park!
Stop by and you can enter to win lots of different contests, including:
- ALL STATIONS: Win a Drive-Away Trip and Gas Money to get there!
- WKML: Win Stars & Guitar merch, or other concert tickets!
- Foxy 99: Win tickets for Apple Chill or other concerts!
- 96.5 BOB FM: Win tickets to see Foreigner!
- 107.7 The Bounce: Win tickets to see LL Cool J or Jodeci!
- Sunny 94.3: Win tickets to the Fort Bragg Fair
- My Kiss Radio: Win tickets to a MAJOR upcoming concert (shhh it’s a secret)!
2. The Concerts
Festival Park will be filled with three nights of big concerts for country night, rock night, and Michael Jackson tribute band night. All the concerts are FREE, in Festival Park (best seats in the house are a paid ticket).
Friday night – WKML Country night
- 5 pm – Best seats in the house open (first come first serve, must have ticket)
- 6:00pm – Opening Ceremony
- 6:30pm – TJ Johnson
- 8:00pm – ASHLAND CRAFT
- 9:30pm – DAVID NAIL
Saturday night – Rock Night
- Noon park opens
- 2 pm – Dirt Road Sinnerz
- 3:45 pm – Stone Dolls
- 5 pm – Best seats in the house open (first come first serve, must have ticket)
- 5:30 pm – Worn Out Welcome (formerly Whiskey Bent)
- 7:15 pm – LIT
- 9 pm – BUCKCHERRY
Sunday night – Michael Jackson Tribute night Presented by 96.5 BOB FM
- 2:30pm – Southern Haze Band
- 4 pm – Michael Daughtry
- 5 pm – Best seats in the house open (first come first serve, must have ticket)
- 5:30pm – Throwback Collaboration Band
- 7:30pm-9:00pm WHO’S BAD – THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE
3. Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show
Join us for a Fayetteville Dogwood Festival tradition – the annual Car, Motorcycle, and Truck Show!
The cars will be on display around the Market House on Hay St., starting when the Festival opens Sunday at noon, and will be there until the awards at 5 p.m.
4. KidZone
KidZone by Carolina Fun Factory has a variety of games and activities the littles will enjoy. KidZone will be open all weekend during festival hours and close at 9:00 PM Friday and Saturday and 8:00 PM on Sunday.
KidZone is located in Festival Park.
5. The Carnival Midway
Ferris wheels, carousels, popcorn, oh my! The Midway is back and better than ever. This staple will be open during festival hours from Friday through Sunday and is located on the corner of Mason Street and Ray Avenue, in the Masonic Lodge parking lot. That’s right outside the Festival Park gate. The Midway has attractions for all ages of the family.
Open during all festival hours.
7. The Street Fair
Take a stroll down Hay Street and visit the variety of vendors and sponsors. You will surely find several cool things to enjoy.
Saturday and Sunday on Hay St. and Ray Ave.
8. BMX Shows
BMX shows will be available on Hay Street, near Huske Hardware. This is a show that will keep you on the edge of your seat so this is an opportunity you will not want to miss! Don’t miss out on the meet and greet after every show!
Showtimes are 1, 3 and 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
9. Air Born Aerials
The Air Born Aerial entertainers will perform acrobatic performances on Saturday and Sunday near the Festival Park Plaza Food Court from noon to 6 p.m. both days.
12. The FOOD!
Who can resist Dogwood Festival food? Some of the best food truck and fair foods vendors in the region will be on site all weekend long for your dining pleasure.
Mostly along the promenade above Festival Park all weekend long.
13. So Much More FUN!
