New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- A man from North Carolina in the United States has won a jackpot worth $1 million, or roughly Rs.9.5 crore, on a scratch-off lottery ticket, in a win he credits entirely to his lifelong connection with the number seven, according to a report by the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Tomas Munoz, a resident of Biscoe in Montgomery County, has become the first person to claim the $1 million top prize in the newly launched Triple Red 777 Jackpot game run by the North Carolina Education Lottery. According to the report, Munoz came across the $10 Triple Red 777 Jackpot ticket at Candor V Mart on South Main Street in Candor, and said he felt an immediate pull to buy it the moment he saw it.

The reason behind that instinct,...