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$150,000 win means Alamance County man can buy car of his dreams

June 5, 2020 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:08 PM
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Holt Lunsford, a waiter from Burlington, said his first purchase after winning $150,000 on a scratch-off ticket will be buying his dream car.

“The first thing I’m going to be doing is buying a car that I’ve been looking at for about a year now,” said Lunsford. “It’s a 2004 Mustang, 40th anniversary. I’ve been saving up money to buy it and this is going to make everything so much easier.”

Lunsford stopped at Dave’s Mini Mart on Chapel Hill Road in Burlington for some lottery tickets after his usual store closed early.

After “having a feeling”, he purchased five $5 Extra Play Cashword tickets and went back home. “It turns out that feeling was right,” said Lunsford. The fourth ticket proved a winner.

“I got to about the 8th or 9th word and I just ran and showed my mom before I even finished the ticket,” he said. “I started crying because I realized how big the prize was going to be. I was just so overwhelmingly excited.”

Lunsford shared the news with his mom and sister. “I looked it up online and I saw that it was the last prize available,” recalled Lunsford. “I just sat there, jaw dropped in awe that out of all those chances, it was me.”

Lunsford claimed his prize in Raleigh on Wednesday and after federal and state taxes, he took home $106,126.

“I’m planning on donating a few thousand dollars to my mother and my sister and putting some in a savings account for my 7-year-old niece,” he said.

Lunsford won the last of three top prizes in the Extra Play Cashword game. Since all top prizes have been claimed, the lottery will begin steps to end the game.


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6/09/2020 01:05 - Patsy R.

Congratulations.

6/06/2020 07:13 - elizabeth j.

Congratulations.

6/06/2020 11:34 - jeffrey n.

once a game ends is their a time limit on enter the tickets for points.thanksNC Lottery
Hi Jeffrey, Once a game scratch-off ends, you have 90 days from the announced end of game date to claim any prizes on that game and also 90 days to collect Lucke-Rewards points or second-chance entries on that ticket. For draw games, you have 180 days from the draw date on the ticket to collect any prize as well as any points or entries.

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