Francisco Escamilla from Immokalee, Fla. tried his luck on a Double Cash Doubler scratch-off ticket and won a $200,000 top prize.
Escamilla purchased his winning $5 ticket from the Triangle Stop on Asheville Highway in Hendersonville.
He claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $141,501 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs like Double Cash Doubler make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education. For details on how $5.4 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Henderson County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.