Best of the week: Six wins of $100,000 to $1 million

As we turn the page to the month of August, here's a look at the biggest wins for the last week of July.

The biggest winner of the week is Chapel Hill resident Cynthia Murphy. She scratched her way to $1 million on a $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular ticket she bought at the Calvander Food Mart on Dairyland Road in Chapel Hill.

Two players who split the $461,844 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot in the July 24 drawing came to lottery headquarters to claim their prize money. Raleigh retiree Michael Gyurko and Hickory resident Dennis Young won $230,992 apiece.

Another Cash 5 jackpot winner, Winston-Salem resident Shirley Mathis, also collected her winnings. Mathis matched all five numbers in the July 14 drawing to win the $172,673 jackpot.

Robert Gawlik of Durham said he is ecstatic to win $150,000 on a ticket for the Win It All Game. He plans on using his winnings to pay bills, purchase a new Chevy or Ford truck, help loved ones, and take a golf vacation to the mountains or Myrtle Beach.

A Lincoln County man's weekly tradition of buying a lottery ticket every time he stops for gas paid off when his $5 Mega Bucks ticket turned into a $100,000 prize. William Alvey of Lincolnton was in his truck when he scratched the ticket. “My first thought was, ‘Oh my God,’” Alvey recalled. “When I knew I had won, I drove straight home to show my wife. She was so excited.”

Fifteen more players from across the state won big prizes:

- Patricia Hill of Aberdeen: $10,000 (5X The Cash)
- Paul Keaton of Arden: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
- Carlton Battle of Asheville: $25,000 (Emerald 7’s)
- Vinay Patel of Cary: $20,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
- Helen Mackey of Charlotte: $50,000 (100X The Cash)
- Roger Jackson of Charlotte: $10,000 ($2,500 a Week for Life!)
- Faniel Kasete of Charlotte: $10,000 (100X the Cash)
- Brian Pressley of Hickory: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
- Ryan Leppink of High Point: $10,000 (Diamonds and Dollars)
- Ruby Savage of Louisburg: $10,000 (Trucks & Bucks)
- John Croake of Ocean Isle Beach: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
- Faylene Partin of Raleigh: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
- Everardo Rangel of Raleigh: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
- David Ogle-Williams of Swannanoa: $50,000 ($100 Mayhem)
- Nancy Counts of Wilmington: $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)

Thanks for playing and thanks for reading. Until next time, have a fun and safe weekend. See you soon here in the Lucke-Zone.