Tamara Mullis of Charlotte found 10 words on her VIP Cashword ticket to win a $150,000 top prize.
Mullis purchased her winning $5 ticket from Perry’s Market on Wilgrove Mint Hill Road in Charlotte.
She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $106,126 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
VIP Cashword launched in March with five top prizes of $150,000. Two top prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs like VIP Cashword make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $60.5 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Mecklenburg County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.