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Orange County man overwhelmed with $100,000 second-chance win

April 11, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 10:06 AM
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Christopher Lunsford of Chapel Hill had a hard time believing that he won the $100,000 top prize in a second-chance drawing on Wednesday.

“It’s so overwhelming I don’t know what to even say,” he said.

Lunsford found out he won his prize in the third and final Money Rush Second Chance drawings when he got a phone call from the lottery. There were over 7.7 million entries in the drawing.

“Never in my life did I expect something like this,” Lunsford said.

He arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $70,582.

“This is a big change in my life,” he said. “It still hasn’t hit me yet.”

Lunsford plans to use his winnings to give to his church and potentially buy a home.

Players got a second chance with their Money Rush scratch-offs by scanning them into their lottery accounts where they were automatically entered into the drawing. The final drawing offered one top prize of $100,000, 10 $10,000 prizes, and 15 winners of $5,000.


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4/14/2025 07:13 - Steven B.

Blessing bestowed upon you

4/13/2025 10:39 - Bernard M.

i can not figure how to enter for second chance. Just moved from Ga.NC Lottery
Hi, Bernard! You can scan your tickets using our mobile app's scanner, or manually enter the Lucke-Rewards code at https://nclottery.com/rewards/ticket-entry and you'll earn Lucke-Rewards points and second chance entries for any eligible tickets. Good luck!

4/12/2025 12:49 - Latandra V.

Happy for you!

4/11/2025 11:06 - Peggy C.

Congratulations

4/11/2025 08:57 - Duane C.

Congratulations

4/11/2025 06:44 - John D.

Congratulations I JUST LEFT FROM THIS AREA DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK HE BEAT ME TO IT TRY NEXT WEEK LORD WILLING I'LL BE OUT THERE TO TRY ME SOME QP'S SEE YALL NEXT POST

4/11/2025 02:39 - Robert f.

Congratulations from Charlotte nice win maybe one of these days I will get a big prize like that

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