Johnny Hairston of Eden lucked out when his $5 ticket revealed a $250,000 lottery prize.
He purchased his winning 20X The Cash ticket from the Meadow Green Shell on South Van Buren Road in Eden.
Hairston claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $176,876 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
The 20X The Cash game launched in February with 10 top prizes of $250,000. Two top prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $4.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Rockingham County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.