RALEIGH – Amory Bowden of Greensboro is the sixth and final player to win the $200,000 top prize in the Break The Bank game. He purchased the lucky $5 ticket at the BP Mini Mart on Bessemer City Road in Gastonia.
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Bowden received a check for $138,501.
Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $3.6 billion for the state. Net proceeds will be used this year to help pay salaries of teachers and teacher assistants, for pre-kindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, for school construction and repair, and need-based college scholarships and financial aid.
For details on how more than $178.2 million in lottery funds have made a difference for specific education programs in Guilford County, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.