After celebrating Thanksgiving with her family, Vida Potter of Goldsboro went home, started playing her favorite digital instant game, and won a $242,335 jackpot.
“I was in shock,” she recalled. “I still am in shock right now.”
Potter played a $2 ticket on Nov. 28 and won the top level ‘Epic jackpot’ in the Bison Bonanza game, a digital instant game featuring a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. The odds of that win are 1 in 15.5 million.
“I couldn’t sleep that whole weekend,” Potter laughed.
She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $173,271.
“This is a big blessing,” Potter said.
She has not decided how she will spend her winnings but wants to “make smart moves with it.”
In the Bison Bonanza digital instant game, a player can play from 50 cents to $30. After Potter won the jackpot, it restarted at $50,000 and has grown to over $258,000 as of Monday afternoon.
Digital instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Thirty-three different games are available to play online now.
Play Smart, Gift Smart is the N.C. Education Lottery's annual campaign highlighting the risks of youth gambling. The campaign raises awareness that popular holiday scratch-offs should only be gifted to adults. In this year’s campaign, North Carolinians can donate school supplies at a lottery claim center, support a good cause, and get a chance to win a prize. Visit NCEL Play Smart for more information.
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