Antoinvette Sinclair of Midland tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off ticket and won a $150,000 prize.
Sinclair bought her lucky Mystery Prize Cashword ticket from the QuikTrip on Lane Street in Kannapolis.
Sinclair arrived at lottery headquarters on Wednesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $106,516.
The Mystery Prize Cashword game launched in September with six top prizes of $150,000. Three top prizes remain to be claimed.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million per year for education. For details on how $14.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cabarrus County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.