Thanks to a $1 million lottery win, Horace Morrison of Charlotte said he plans to remodel his home.

“I bought the house back in 1968,” Morrison said. “I’m going to put in new windows, replace the kitchen floor, and add some new doors.”

Morrison, a forklift driver, stopped by the Circle K on Old Statesville Road in Cornelius after he got off work and bought a $30 Extreme Millions scratch-off ticket. When he realized he won, he went right back to work to show his co-workers.

“I always told them one of these days I was going to win a million dollars,” Morrison said. “I had to show them. They couldn’t believe it when they saw the ticket.”

Morrison claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. He had the choice of taking a $1 million annuity that has 20 payments of $50,000 a year or a lump sum of $600,000. He chose the lump sum and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $417,015.

Ticket sales from draw games like Extreme Millions make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for the state. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “For Education” section of the lottery’s website.