RALEIGH – Paulette Rinderknecht of Fredericksburg, Va. is the latest player to win the $750,000 top prize playing the Jumbo Bucks instant scratch-off game. She purchased the lucky $10 ticket at the New Dixie Mart on U.S. 17 in Williamston.
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Rinderknecht received a check for $519,378.
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 $8.9 million in lottery funds have made a difference for specific education programs in Martin County, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.