Subbarao Oruganti of Charlotte took a chance on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.

Oruganti bought his lucky 100X The Cash ticket from the Publix on Providence Road in Charlotte. He arrived at lottery headquarters Wednesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,016.

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 $62.6 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Mecklenburg County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.