Halifax County woman collects $400,000 scratch-off prize

December 14, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:51 AM

Sharon Bobbitt of Enfield took a chance on a $5 scratch-off ticket and won a $400,000 prize.

Bobbitt bought her lucky $35,000,000 Blowout ticket from the Halifax Supermarket & Grill on U.S. 301 South in Halifax. She arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $284,041.

The $35,000,000 Blowout game started in January with four top prizes of $400,000. One top prize remains to be claimed.

Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day on average for education. Using money raised by the lottery, the state provided $39 million in grants to help Halifax County Schools build a new school and $50 million for Weldon City Schools to build a new high school. For details on other ways Halifax County benefits from lottery funds, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

13 COMMENTS

12/15/2022 03:14 - Tawana H.

Congratulations ?? ?? ?? ??

12/15/2022 10:26 - Gregory F.

Nice to see someone close to me win. I'm in Ahoskie NC. Congratulations on your Christmas ?? Blessing. I have not been buying a lot of tickets this year. Times have been tight with me this year. Hopefully one day ?? I will experience this feeling of stress relief.

12/15/2022 10:07 - DONALD S.

Last night the Powerball multiplier was 10. It happens rarely, and only two people out of the state of North Carolina that has a population of 3 million people two people won $1000. Your odds of hitting anything on the lottery or so low. if you spend more than a couple dollars a week on the lottery you are ridiculous. Yet people spend hundreds of dollars a week. It makes no sense to me think of all the good they could be done in this world if they would put that money just some other use in the North Carolina education lottery, which really is not education at all.

12/15/2022 08:53 - Christopher S.

Where can we see the winners of lucke-rewards online drawings?NC Lottery
Hi Christopher, just head to the Rewards section of the website at https://nclottery.com/rewards, then click on "Past Drawings and Winners". Finally, select the drawing for which you would like to see the winners.

12/15/2022 08:52 - Sabrina D S.

Congrats!!

12/15/2022 01:50 - avery f.

Congratulations on your win I’m waiting patiently and going to keep playing as long as I can afford it the Next Name that you shall see will be Avery Fishburn you have to be in it to win it and if you don’t buy it you can’t try it NC Lottery
We are wishing you luck, Avery!

12/15/2022 12:55 - shirley b.

NCEL why NC has a significant change in the number of trips that drop each year? ExplainNC Lottery
Hi Shirley, thanks for the question! Sometimes we could go a while without trips, but it is just a coincidence. The drawing is still being conducted in the same way, and the odds of hitting a triple are still the same.

12/14/2022 09:51 - Mary J.

Congratulation

12/14/2022 03:13 - Janice F.

Congratulations

12/14/2022 01:59 - Melodie C.

Hi ncel help team listen please can you guys check the settings on my ncel acct to ensure my account is not on excluding me from winning or claiming prizes please I am sight limited and god knows if I win we need the $$would never set this but my appbut I seen it it concerned me cause I had never noticed it.. thanks so much MelodieCNC Lottery
Hi, Melodie! As long as you are able to sign into your account, you shouldn't be excluded from any winning or claiming. You will receive an email notifying you if you're a lucky winner and that email will contain instructions on how to claim your prize.

12/14/2022 12:43 - mary b.

congratulations on your big win. looking forward to my day.

12/14/2022 11:36 - Roger K.

Wow! What a win! Take home pay, looks good! If I could only win! Congratulations on your big win!

12/14/2022 09:56 - Darlene E.

Congrats on your amazing win!!!

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Halifax County woman collects $400,000 scratch-off prize

December 14, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:51 AM

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