Fayetteville man wins the first $700,000 top prize in new game

December 19, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:05 PM

Stanford Butler of Fayetteville tried his luck on a $10 scratch-off ticket and won the first $700,000 top prize in a new lottery game.

Butler bought his lucky Triple 777 ticket from the Short Stop on Bingham Drive in Fayetteville. He arrived at lottery headquarters Monday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $497,073.

The Triple 777 game debuted this month with four top prizes of $700,000. Three top prizes remain to be claimed.

23 COMMENTS

12/26/2022 06:54 - Giovanni R.

Congratulations ?? ?? God Bless!!

12/25/2022 01:17 - Roger K.

Wow! What luck! The county I live in, haven't seen any big winning tickets like that. Matter of fact my county hasn't had any winners at all. Small stuff maybe, 5,000 or 10,000, nothing like, 1 million, 200,000, or higher. Congratulations to the winner! Happy new year!

12/24/2022 11:28 - Mary G.

Congratulations! Merry Christmas.

12/23/2022 12:39 - joanie m.

Congratulations Merry Christmas

12/22/2022 11:15 - Mark D.

Wow, yet another big win in Deep Blue Fayetteville!! Bless their hearts! What an IMPOSSIBLY lucky strike!! I think it’s sooo WONDERFUL how all the big-win tickets (scratch-offs and draws) end up being bought in towns like Fayetteville, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham. I just LOVE the fair, honest, impartial distribution of winning tickets!! Congrats to the Deep Blue Sea and all its winners.

12/22/2022 02:12 - shirley b.

Trip time NCEL. One should have dropped before now.??????????

12/21/2022 08:55 - Christopher W.

Congratulations

12/21/2022 05:00 - Gloria C.

Congratulations to you and I wish you many more wonderful wins. Merry Christmas to you and family.

12/21/2022 04:54 - Brandon H.

Awesome, just a few miles away from me, congratulations.

12/21/2022 11:26 - Mary H.

Congratulations:)

12/21/2022 11:06 - Roger K.

Congratulations on your big win, still I'm not as lucky as you are sir! 497,073 is a nice chunk of change, that I would love to win! Got to keep playing though, one day soon I hope! Merry Christmas to all!

12/20/2022 10:42 - Kristi S.

Congratulations!!!!!happiest holidays to you.

12/20/2022 12:38 - Angela A.

Yet another BIG prize to Fayetteville, but yet the lottery is so random. How about some random tickets at my stores I shop at! I play the lottery every day all day and no big win come on NCEL put some winning tickets out. I have yet to get a $500 on either Christmas ticket and they supposed to be loaded!

12/20/2022 11:30 - Richard C.

Congratulations & Merry Christmas indeed!

12/20/2022 09:47 - Christopher T.

Congratulations! Looks like i'll need to move to have a chance at winning. Nice for the holidays.

12/20/2022 09:28 - Eugene H.

I bought a whole pack of these tickets just to see how many winners there were, and if I could hit a big prize. There are thirty (30) Tickets 000-029 in a whole pack. My cost was $300. The top ticket win was only $100 with the rest being $10, $20, $30 only. Out of 30 tickets there were only 9 winners. I won $240 so I had a net loss of $60. The number of winners is aligned with the stated odds of 1 in 3.70 but it is sick that the top winner was only $100.

12/20/2022 08:23 - LISA H.

Congratulations nice to see someone win big in Fayetteville.

12/20/2022 08:06 - Michael K.

Is the Lucky Rewards down? I been trying for 2 days to enter my tickets and it wont let me. It brings me back into the sign-in page again? NC Lottery
Hi Michael, sorry about that. We are aware that some players are having technical difficulties and we are working on a solution now. Are you able to tell us the time that this problem last occured, what type of device (iPhone, Android, desktop computer, etc.) that you are using, and whether you are using our mobile app or the Lottery website? This information could help us to find a solution more quickly. Thank you!

12/20/2022 04:06 - Brian T.

Congratulations on those 7$!

12/19/2022 11:50 - Kanisha L.

Way to go! My husband just passed. I've bought a few tickets there,something told me to go but I didnt

12/19/2022 08:34 - Joseph R.

Congrats to yet another small town BIG winner (200K or more). Random prize doatribution at its best. LOL!!!!!

12/19/2022 07:21 - Berry B.

Congratulations Mr S.B.!

12/19/2022 03:12 - Anita A.

Fayetteville:)

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Fayetteville man wins the first $700,000 top prize in new game

December 19, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:05 PM

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