Part of his $1 million Extreme Cash prize will help Pharris Frank of Advance and his fiancé have the wedding of their dreams.
Frank, a carpenter, purchased his winning $25 ticket from Rivertrail Mercantile on U.S. 64 East in Advance.
He claimed his prize Thursday and had the choice of taking his prize as an annuity of $50,000 a year for 20 years or as a lump sum of $600,000. Frank chose the $600,000 lump sum and, after state and federal tax withholdings, took home $424,507.
“It’s just like, ‘Wow!” said Frank. “We’re going to save most of it.”
Ticket sales from scratch-offs like Extreme Cash make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $2.6 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Davie County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.