Sometimes an individual may come up with an idea that is seemingly unique, only to find out that several others have a similar thought process. This happened to 2000 people in North Carolina, who decided to pick all zeroes in the Carolina Pick 4 lottery back in 2019, but were shocked when their supposedly odd choice turned out to be the winning number, 0-0-0-0. This meant that they had to split the $7.8 million in prize money among themselves. 

Dozens of those lucky winners showed up at the state's lottery headquarters in Raleigh to be the first ones to claim their prize money. The NC Education Lottery shared a photo on Twitter showing how at one point too many winners assembled at the entrance of the building. Willie Ward, who was one of the winners, later spoke to CNBC and said how she plays zeroes in Pick 3 and Pick 4 lottery games. "I love the zeroes," she said. "I’m dedicated to them."

"More than 2,000 Carolina #Pick4 players matched 0-0-0-0 in Saturday’s daytime drawing. Today many of the lucky winners stopped by lottery claim centers across the state to claim their winnings. RT to help us congratulate them! #NCLottery," the tweet announced. 

In this particular game, players can either pick their numbers or select a Quick Pick by allowing the lottery terminal to generate four numbers on their behalf. 

Another winner named Stephen Crater told state lottery officials how this was the first time that he ever played all zeroes. "We’ve got a family reunion coming up," Carter says in a statement.

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