Angela and Steven Hillis of Mebane tried their luck on a $30 scratch-off ticket and won a $5 million prize.
They bought their lucky 200X The Cash ticket from the BP on N.C. 119 South in Mebane.
When they arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect their prize, they had a decision to make. They could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of $250,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $3 million. They chose to split the lump-sum amount of $3 million to $1.5 million each and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, each took home $1,068,754.
The 200X The Cash game debuted in March of 2022 with six top prizes of $5 million and 18 $100,000 prizes. Two $5 million prizes and five $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $9.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Alamance County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
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