Jean Farrish of Roxboro tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off ticket and turned it into a $250,000 win.
She bought her winning ticket at the Winners Food Mart on North Madison Boulevard in Roxboro and claimed her prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $176,876.
20X The Cash launched in February with six top prizes of $250,000. Players can win instantly, as Farrish did, or win up to $100,000 by visiting the lottery’s website and entering their Multiply The Cash tickets into second-chance drawings. Prizes in the drawings include one $100,000 cash prize, eight $5,000 cash prizes, and 25 $500 cash prizes. The entry deadline for the first of four second-chance drawings is March 31 and the drawing is scheduled for April 8.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $700 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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