Fayetteville Man Wins $200k Top Prize in Luke Combs NC Lottery Game

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.

It's 2023 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival weekend and even with weather potentially being a little gross at times, it's still set to be a great weekend.

All six Beasley Media Group stations will be on site all weekend long, with chances to win trips and other prizes! There's so much to look forward to, including concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

There are a lot of returning favorites, like the midway, food trucks, and craft vendors. But there's also a bunch of cool new stuff.

The festival general hours are Friday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m.

Here's the top 13 things to experience this weekend at the 2023 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival:

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:

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).

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.

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.

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.

Join us on Friday, April 28 for Boom & Bloom! This booming fireworks show will take place as DAVID NAIL's performance ends between 10:30 and 11 p.m. The fireworks will be shot off from behind the Festival Park stage and will be viewable to the general Festival Park crowd.

Friday night about 11 p.m. in Festival Park. (Rain date is Saturday, April 29 after Buckcherry)

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.

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.

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.

Ring Wars Carolina will host a wrestling tournament at the intersection of Ray Avenue and Hay Street. Festival patrons will be able to cheer on their favorite wrestler on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24.

Show times are every hour from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Cool new addition to the Festival this year, as Axes & Armor Hatchet House will have their setup on site. How well can you throw an ax? Come out and test your ax throwing skills at the Axes & Armor Hatchet House mobile ax throwing trailer. This is a FREE attraction for all able to participate. 

Open from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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.