RALEIGH – Bruce Battle of Greensboro claimed the second of two $100,000 prizes awarded this week for wins in the $5 MONOPOLY scratch-off game.

Battle scratched off his lucky ticket while sitting in front of his computer Tuesday night, not long after purchasing two $5 Monopoly tickets at Allen’s Citgo & Wrecker Service on North Church Street in Greensboro.

“Sometimes it pays to take a chance,” said Battle.

After taxes were withheld, Battle received a check for $68,001.

Battle is the second $5 MONOPOLY player in three days to claim one of the games’ top prizes. Gerry Davis of Hope Mills became the first to win the $100,000 top prize in the game on Monday.

As of Thursday morning, four more $100,000 top prizes remain to be claimed in the $5 MONOPOLY game.

The $5 MONOPOLY game is part of a suite of games that launched on March 26. All four games, priced at $1, $2, $5 and $10, are eligible for monthly second-chance drawings featuring cash prizes up to $10,000. Every entry is also automatically applied towards a MONOPOLY Super Entry. The MONOPOLY Super Entry Drawing will feature a $1 million prize. A “super entry” consists of a non-winning ticket entry from each of the four new MONOPOLY games. Online entry forms and additional information can be found at www.lucke-zone.com.

Since the lottery began through June 30, 2012, Guilford County education programs received more than $127.6 million in lottery funds. By law, those funds pay for teachers’ salaries in grades K-3, school construction, prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, and college scholarships and financial aid based on need.

To date, the N.C. Education Lottery has raised more than $2.8 billion for these initiatives statewide.