Linda Mabry of Jamestown stopped to try her luck on a new Black Diamond 7s ticket and won its first $200,000 top prize.
“I stopped like I always do after work because I wanted to get the new tickets that was out,” she said. “Every month when the new ones come out I just like to try them.”
Mabry, who works as a benefits administrator, purchased her winning $5 ticket from the Quick Mart on West Main Street in Jamestown on Thursday.
At home later that night, she scratched the tickets.
“I kind of looked and I said, ‘Is this a winner?’” recalled Mabry of realizing she won a top prize. “And then I got my cell phone and took a picture of it to make sure I was seeing it right and after that I went to bed!”
She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $141,501.
“Just help pad my retirement when I retire in about three years,” said Mabry of her plans for the prize money. “I’ll pay off a few bills I’ve got and then put the rest away for retirement.”
Black Diamond 7s launched in November with five top prizes of $200,000. Four top prizes remain to be won.
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