Former GTCC instructor continued to teach after winning the lottery

He was generous with the money, which he took in installments of about $350,000 a year for 20 years. "That was the smartest thing I could have done," Lynch said. "When you get it all at once, you spend it. It's gone. When you take it in installments you have time to think."

The N.C. Powerball drawing on April 8 had the potential to make someone over $1 billion richer. Dwight David Lynch of Greensboro decided he would try his luck ... again. You see, Lynch won $10 million in 1992 and decided to take a yearly payout instead of a lump sum. But even though that gave him $350,000 a year, he didn't immediately give up his teaching position at GTCC. "I wanted to stay grounded, and I loved what I was doing," he said. Originally appeared in the News & Record.

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