Beaufort County man pockets $200,000 lottery win

January 28, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:17 PM

Steven Midgette of Belhaven tried his luck on a $5 scratch-off ticket and won a $200,000 prize.

Midgette bought his lucky Ruby Mine 9X ticket from the Speedway on U.S. 64 East in Plymouth.

Midgette arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,021.

20 COMMENTS

2/01/2022 02:44 - Richard D.

Latest Mobile App for iPhone (iPhone 12; iOS 14.8.1) Version 2.2.2 is a small step backward. The Ticket Scanner now takes about 5 seconds to initialize versus appearing instantly in the prior Version. Like the prior Version it still does a somewhat decent job of scanning most Scratch Off Tickets but like the prior Version is borderline useless for scanning Draw Tickets. Still a vast improvement from that horrible Scanner from a year or so ago that had a white line moving up and down incessantly and scanned few if any Tickets of any kind. We saw that awful Scanner twice over the past few years - please never let us see it again. Thank you.NC Lottery
Thanks for the feedback, Richard! We're sorry for the inconvenience experienced and hope our newest update will keep working for you.

1/31/2022 11:53 - Eugene H.

Hey NCEL, Where are the Corvette tickets? I don't see them any where.NC Lottery
Hi there, Eugene! We are still selling those tickets, although ticket selection may vary from retailer to retailer. It is up to each retailer to decide which games they would like to carry in their stores. We recommend visiting another retailer if you are looking for a specific game!

1/31/2022 09:29 - Roger K.

Congratulations on your win! That ticket started on June 21st, 2021, only has one top prize left. Good selling ticket. I must try one of them soon. 142,021 is a nice take home pay. Good luck to all of you!

1/31/2022 08:27 - Bill M.

How come all my entries for the last drawings dor both the Colossal Cash and Millionaire Maker entries are gone??????? Did this happen to others--NC Lottery
Hi Bill, we're so sorry to hear this happened and apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact our Online Support team at 1-866-934-0289 or visit https://nclottery.com/Help and a member of our team can look into this and help you resolve it.

1/31/2022 06:59 - betty s.

I can’t check to see how many entries I have for the multiply the cash drawing is something wrong and how many total entries are on the drawing so farNC Lottery
Hi there, Betty! We've heard reports from a couple of players experiencing this issue as well. Please reach out to our Online Support team at 1-866-934-0289 or visit https://nclottery.com/Help and a member of our team can look into this for you. And so far for this drawing, we've received 13,190,055 entries. Hope this helps!

1/30/2022 07:23 - Sherika W.

Congratulations!

1/30/2022 03:02 - Sheila I.

@ncel. Pick 4 #1224 hit on Christmas Eve...my mom's birthday. The payout was over $4 million.

1/30/2022 12:11 - Douglas H.

Hello NCEL- just recently installed the update on the NC lottery app on our iPhone and it works wonderful hopefully there will be no more changes everything‘s working so great as it is thank you! :-)NC Lottery
Hi DL! That's so great to hear. We appreciate the positive comment and always appreciate having you as a part of the NC Lottery community!

1/30/2022 12:09 - Douglas H.

Congratulations Steven!! :-)

1/29/2022 08:37 - Gloria C.

Congratulations to you and I wish you many more wonderful wins .

1/29/2022 05:59 - Tammy G.

congrats midgette

1/29/2022 02:10 - Velma T.

Congrats!!

1/29/2022 11:49 - Brenda S.

Fantastic, enjoy.

1/29/2022 11:26 - John W.

I was wondering, how good it must feel

1/29/2022 04:02 - Bill M.

What happen to my entries in 2nd promotion--gone ????NC Lottery
Hi Bill! We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate you reaching out. Are you still unable to see your entries? If so, please reach out to our Online Support team at 1-866-934-0289 or visit https://nclottery.com/Help and a member of our team can look into this for you.

1/28/2022 10:22 - David T.

Nice ?? ??

1/28/2022 10:06 - Wendell W.

Congtats

1/28/2022 09:36 - Thoa Y.

Congratulation! God bless you and your family.

1/28/2022 07:30 - Edith K.

Question...if the winner of millionare maker does not come forward ,what will happen with that million dollars? NC Lottery
Hi Edith. Under state law, half of any unclaimed prizes in a game go to education and the other half goes back to players as prizes in other games.

1/28/2022 05:57 - Ann W.

Mr. Midgette I am so thrilled that you are a winner ! Congratulations to you and your family !

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Beaufort County man pockets $200,000 lottery win

January 28, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:17 PM

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