RALEIGH – David Henderson, a truck driver from Durham, plans to take the $250,000 prize he won in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing and save for the future.

Henderson matched all five white balls but not the Mega Ball in the March 27 drawing. He was at home on Wednesday when he checked his numbers online.

“I had to look at those numbers three times,” Henderson said. “I don’t spend a whole lot of money, so this is going to last me a long time.”

After taxes were withheld, Henderson received a check worth $170,000. He purchased his winning ticket at the Town Deli Grocery on North Alston Avenue in Durham.

“I’m hoping to win the big Mega Millions jackpot next,” Henderson said.

The jackpot for Friday’s drawing is currently $540 million if taken as an annuity or $389.8 million if taken as a lump sum.

Henderson is one of thousands of North Carolina players from Tuesday’s drawing who, though they didn’t win the jackpot, still won one of Mega Millions’ many other prizes, which range from $2 to $1 million. More than 79,000 tickets won prizes in the drawing.

Another ticket, sold at Sam’s Mart on Albemarle Road in Charlotte, matched all five white balls in the drawing. As it was a $2 Megaplier ticket, it is worth $1 million.

A pair of Megaplier tickets matched four white balls and the Mega Ball to win $30,000. They were sold at the MS Food Mart on East Main Street in Lincolnton and at the Lowe's Foods on Winkler Street in Wilkesboro.

Five more tickets matched four white balls and the Mega Ball, making them worth $10,000 each. They were sold at the following locations: the Han-Dee Hugo on Eastwood Road in Wilmington, Bizzy Bee on North Main Street in High Point, Quality Mart on Presidential Drive in Durham, Strickland's Inc on N.C. 210 South in Stedman (Cumberland County) and Lowe's Foods on Apex Peakway in Apex (Wake County).

After adding up every winning ticket sold in North Carolina for Tuesday’s drawing, Mega Millions players won more than $1.7 million.

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