Lino Lagunas Sanchez of Sanford is celebrating his good fortune after he won $200,000 playing the 20X The Cash scratch-off game.
Sanchez bought the $5 ticket at the W Summer Grocery & Grill on McIver Street in Sanford.
He claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $129,002.
20X The Cash launched in February 2017 with five top prizes of $200,000. One top prize remains.
Ticket sales from instant games like 20X The Cash make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. 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.