Edenton man wins $200,000 instantly

May 14, 2018 Posted by NC Lottery at 4:14 PM

Maurice Fleming of Edenton is celebrating a $200,000 instant win in the Mega Bucks game.

The Chowan County man bought the lucky $5 ticket at the Speedway on Virginia Road in Edenton.

He claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $141,003.

Mega Bucks launched in November with seven top prizes of $200,000. Four top prizes remain to be claimed.

Ticket sales from draw games like Mega Bucks 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.

8 COMMENTS

3/26/2019 08:06 - calvin r.

lady luck wont cross the road

5/15/2018 07:20 - Maurice H.

Bless you!

5/15/2018 12:12 - Billie S.

I have played the same set to f numbers ever since the lottery started and have never won more than a $1.00 on two numbers right. Got to be rigged!

5/14/2018 08:47 - Alana B.

Look over the recent top jackpot winners, virtually every big ticket winner on scratch off games have come from Charlotte, east and in particular within just a rocks throw from the Raliegh area. When you climb the mountain out of old fort into black mtn and stretching all the way to murphy, you rarely find a grand prize winner. I mean its very rare. But the lottery officials have a couple of standard replies: 1. Everyone has an equal chance 2. More population on eastern side and more people play and winning tickets are more likely to circulate in that area?? But its all "random" Tonight, i had the thought of stopping a buying a few tickets and I thought "why should I, even the lottery officials say (without directly saying it) that because of population down east, the likelihood of winning tickets being in and around asheville are extremely low. But then, "everyone has the same chance". Oh, ok, color me dumb. Ps. I didn't buy any tickets, tonight.

5/14/2018 08:00 - Gregory B.

How can the top prize be $100,000 and he won $200,000 and the game is ended and closed out?NC Lottery
Good catch, Gregory! Looks like the image we used for this post is outdated. If you visit the details page for this scratch-off, you can see that the top prize is indeed $200,000: https://nclottery.com/ScratchOffDetail?gn=601. Since there are still four top prizes left, this game is still in circulation and does not have a set end date yet.

5/14/2018 06:30 - Johnny B.

Please send us an e-mail a day or two before our subscription expires. The current e-mail we get 10 days before it expires is too long of a period. ThanksNC Lottery
Hey Johnny, We will share your feedback with the folks who manage the emails. Thanks for the suggestion!

5/14/2018 04:42 - Denver G.

Congrats to you Maurice, and any other players lucky enuff to win. To all you others out there that like too complain about not trusting the NCEL. Stop complaining or stop playing, it's just that simple. People always say it's rigged cause no one ever wins the PB or MM or LFL in NC. Guess what folks those multi state drawings are not held in NC.!!! So shut the front door and put that theory to sleep for once & for all. Play bingo if you're sure that's not rigged.

5/14/2018 04:39 - judy w.

Congrats i would like to see winners like that hiddiente nc never see any on lucky zone in over amost to years,good luck everyone come on big winnerNC Lottery
Our fingers are crossed for you, Judy!

Edenton man wins $200,000 instantly

May 14, 2018 Posted by NC Lottery at 4:14 PM

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