Donnie Ray Scott and Marcella James Scott of Conover tried their luck on a $30 scratch-off and won a $100,000 prize.
They bought the lucky MAX-A-MILLION ticket from the Murphy USA on N.C. 16 North in Conover.
They split the prize at lottery headquarters Friday, with each claiming $50,000. After required federal and state tax withholdings, they each took home $35,879.
The MAX-A-MILLION game debuted in March with 25 top prizes of $1 million and 10 prizes of $100,000. Twenty $1 million prizes and nine $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
Catawba County received $38 million in state grants, with money raised by the lottery, to help with school construction. For details on other ways Catawba County benefits from lottery funds, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
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