Tabetha Church of Cleveland tried her luck on a $10 scratch-off and snagged a $1 million top prize.
Church purchased her winning 50X The Cash ticket from the Community Grocery on Statesville Boulevard in Cleveland.
She claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
Church had the choice of taking the $1 million as an annuity of 20 payments of $50,000 a year or a lump sum of $600,000. She opted for the lump sum and took home $424,503 after required state and federal tax withholdings.
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Has it always been the case for winners of top prizes on scratch off tickets to have to choose the annuity if they want the full amount they won, less taxes or take a lesser cash lump sum option? Or is that just for this specific ticket? Seems unfair