Margaret Smith of Wilmington became the second player to win the $200,000 top prize in the new Jeep scratch-off game.
Smith bought the winning ticket Friday at Island True Value Tackle on North Lake Park Boulevard in Carolina Beach and claimed her prize on Monday. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $139,003.
The N.C. Education Lottery and Jeep teamed up to create North Carolina’s first Jeep ticket. Besides a $200,000 top prize, players can enter their tickets into second-chance drawings for a chance to win a Jeep Brand Vehicle. Each of the seven second-chance winners will choose between a 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, and a Jeep Renegade Trailhawk.
Ticket sales made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $634 million for the state last year. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in New Hanover County, click on the “For Education” section of the lottery’s website.