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Durham woman wins first $200,000 Pay Day top prize

April 3, 2018 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:18 PM
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Betty Lowe of Durham is the first person to win the $200,000 top prize in the $200,000 Pay Day scratch-off game. 

Lowe bought the $5 ticket at the Trinity Food Mart on West Trinity Avenue in Durham.

She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $141,003.

$200,000 Pay Day launched in March with four top prizes of $200,000 and 16 prizes of $10,000. Three top prizes and 11 $10,000 prizes remain to be claimed.

Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.

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4/14/2018 11:41 - Maureen B.

Congrats to You! You go Ms. Lowe! Happy for ya!

4/05/2018 01:38 - Sharonda M.

Oh wow congratulations it's bout time big jackpot came to the city can't wait for my day when I'm the next big winner of Durham, NC where great things happen. Enjoy your winnings

4/04/2018 11:54 - Mable F.

Finally, someone from Durham has won BIG !!! This is something that does not happen often. I am still waiting my term. I am happy for Betty Lowe.

4/04/2018 08:48 - Terry B.

Congrats to you, Miss Betty!

4/04/2018 07:14 - Quentin H.

Congratulations. Bull city stay winning

4/04/2018 05:17 - Francine G.

Congrats. Could the NC lottery put a little diversity on the website and commercials plz!!!!!

4/04/2018 04:31 - Felicia L.

I am so happy that another Durham native won much blessings to you Mrs.Lowe

4/04/2018 08:52 - Maurice H.

Bless you!

4/04/2018 07:14 - Dion A.

#BullCity In The House!!!!

4/03/2018 08:57 - GIA J.

Wow~

4/03/2018 04:40 - Pat H.

Another winner in in the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area. Big surprise! NC Education Lottery is starting to become a joke!

4/03/2018 02:38 - Mike S.

First of all congrats Ms. Lowe! Second - my entries are now showing for the April drawings on my dashboard but now the $500 Quick cash is showing the July 2016 drawings and winners in the April 2018 box. This is a simple query and web page display, we shouldn't be seeing these types of errors. I guess the coder's cut and paste method of programming got the best of them... NC Lottery
Hey, Mike. Glad we got one issue fixed. Now we'll work on the second one.

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