For the second time in less than nine months, a newspaper carrier from Scotland County has hit it big playing the lottery. Floyd Beauchamp Jr., a resident of Gibson in Scotland County, scratched off a $100,000 prize in January in the The Price is Right game. This morning at 4 a.m., he scratched off the $150,000 top prize on his $150 Grand ticket. He immediately called his wife to share the news.

“I called her and said ‘Wake up, we’ve got to go to Raleigh again’,” Beauchamp said. “I had to look at the ticket a half dozen times to see if it was right. It flipped me out. You still get excited even if you’ve won before. This feels real nice.”

Beauchamp used his previous winnings to pay bills and purchase cars for his family. He plans to use his latest win, worth $102,001 after taxes, to help more family and possibly start a restaurant with his wife of 41 years. Despite winning two big prizes, Beauchamp says he will continue to play lottery games.

“You can’t win if you don’t buy tickets,” he said. “Lighting strikes twice. It can strike three times. I’m going for the full million next time.”

He purchased his most recent winning ticket at the Wilco on East Broad Avenue in Rockingham. As of Thursday, four more $150,000 top prizes remain to be claimed in the $150 Grand game.

From March 30, 2006 through June 30, 2010, Scotland County players have won more than $11 million in lottery prizes and county retailers have earned more than $1.5 million in commissions on ticket sales.

During the same time period, Scotland County education programs have received more than $8.4 million in lottery funds. By law, those funds benefit teacher salaries, school construction, need-based college scholarships and prekindergarten programs.

To date, the N.C. Education Lottery has raised more than $2 billion for the education initiatives it serves statewide.