Cary man will buy a house with $25,000 a year for life prize

Boby Geevarughese of Cary will receive $25,000 every year for the rest of his life after he got lucky playing Lucky for Life.

“I’m going to look at buying a small home,” he said.

Geevarughese bought his lucky $2 ticket using Online Play. He won his prize by matching all five white balls in the Oct. 10 drawing. The odds of winning that prize are 1 in 1.8 million.

When Geevarughese arrived at lottery headquarters Friday, he had a decision to make. He could choose to receive $25,000 a year for the rest of his life or a $390,000 lump sum. He chose the annuity and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $17,938 on his first $25,000 payment.

Lucky for Life is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or through Online Play, either on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.

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