RALEIGH – Shital Shah of Kannapolis is the latest player to win $200,000 playing the 20X The Cash game. She purchased the lucky $5 ticket at the C & E Food Mart on Dale Earnhardt Boulevard in Kannapolis.
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Shah received a check for $138,401.
Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $3.19 billion for education programs statewide. Net proceeds are used for prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, teachers’ salaries in grades K-3, school construction and need-based college scholarships and financial aid and digital learning.
For details on how more than $59.8 million in lottery funds have made a difference in Cabarrus County, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.