Last Updated on December 30, 2021 11:17 am
Annie Polk of Lenoir tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off and won $200,000.
Polk purchased the lucky Wild Cash Multiplier ticket at the Run-In on Morganton Boulevard in Lenoir.
She collected her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state withholdings, she took home $141,501.
The Wild Cash Multiplier game launched in October with six $200,000 top prizes. Four $200,000 top prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million per year for education. For details on how money million raised by the lottery made a difference in Caldwell County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
Robert Tevepaugh of Moravian Falls tried his luck on a $25 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Tevepaugh received his lucky Spectacular Riches ticket as a Christmas gift from his daughter. She bought the ticket on Christmas Day from the Sheetz on South State Street in Yadkinville. He claimed his prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $70,757.
The Spectacular Riches game launched in October with eight top prizes of $1 million and 20 $100,000 prizes. Six $1 million prizes and 16 $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million per year for education. For details on how $4.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Wilkes County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
