Mona Nassar of Clinton tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off and won a $200,000 top prize.

Nassar purchased her winning CA$H PLU$ ticket from the Smoker Friendly on Sunset Avenue in Clinton.

She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $141,501.

CA$H PLU$ launched this month with six top prizes of $200,000. Three remain to be won.

Ticket sales from scratch-offs like CA$H PLU$ make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $4.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Sampson County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.