Mary Barbour of Four Oaks had a good feeling about a $50 scratch-off ticket and her instinct paid off with a $100,000 prize.
“My gut feeling just told me to buy that ticket,” she recalled.
Barbour bought her lucky $10 Million Spectacular ticket from Dunn's Gas & Grocery on East Wellons Street in Four Oaks.
“That was the first time I’ve bought a $50 ticket,” she said.
Barbour previously had good luck at the same store.
“I actually won $10,000 there before,” she said. “That was my biggest win before this.”
She arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to claim her prize and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,764.
Barbour plans to use her winnings to pay bills and pay for a birthday beach trip for her grandson.
The $10 Million Spectacular game debuted in December with five top prizes of $10 million, 20 prizes of $1 million and 20 prizes of $100,000. Two $10 million prizes, five $1 million prizes and five $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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