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Raleigh man claims $100,000 second-chance prize

August 15, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:31 PM
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John Cafarelli of Raleigh tried his luck in a second-chance drawing on Wednesday and won the $100,000 grand prize.

Cafarelli won his prize in the first of two Mega Millions Second Chance drawings. There were 327,646 total entries in the drawing. The second drawing will be held Oct. 8.

He arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,750.

Players get a second chance with their Mega Millions tickets by scanning them into their lottery accounts where they are automatically entered into the drawing. The drawing had one top prize of $100,000, five $10,000 prizes, and 35 winners of $2,500.

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8/17/2025 04:36 - Brian T.

A winner in Raleigh, very coincidental. I've entered my tickets into your rigged rewards program NCEL. You can use it track patterns and make sure those numbers don't come up in your "random number generator" for a winning future draw in your rigged games. Shame on you NCEL

8/17/2025 08:45 - Marsha R.

How do you enter if you buy your tickets online? Congratulations John ??????NC Lottery
Hi, Marsha! If you purchase Mega Millions tickets online during the entry period, you'll automatically receive second chance entries into this drawing series. Online Play purchases will automatically receive entries into any eligible second chance drawings. Good luck!

8/16/2025 09:37 - John H.

Congratulations

8/15/2025 08:48 - Duane C.

Congratulations

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