Howard Poole, a truck driver from Burlington, said he will use some of his $10 million lottery prize to help his family, including buying a new home for his mother.

Poole said his good luck occurred when he stopped at the Sandy Cross Mart 2 on N.C.49 in Burlington to collect a $20 scratch-off prize and decided to try again with a $30 ticket.

“I saw the numbers matching,” Poole said, “and I was excited.”

Poole had the option of collecting the top prize in the $10,000,000 Colossal Cash game as an annuity of $500,000 a year over 20 years or taking a lump sum of $6 million. He chose the lump sum of $6 million and after state and federal tax withholdings received $4,245,009.

Poole said he wanted to buy his mother a new home and help other family members, including a brother who has cancer.

“I’ll get to me later,” he said. “I try to not let money stuff change me. I want to stay the same.”

Ticket sales from scratch-offs like $10,000,000 Colossal Cash make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $9.3 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Alamance County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.