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Charlotte woman wins $25,000 a year for life prize

September 4, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:37 PM
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Annette Harper of Charlotte tried her luck on a $2 Lucky for Life ticket and won the game’s $25,000 a Year for Life prize.

Harper bought her lucky ticket from Circle K on Central Avenue in Charlotte. She won her prize by matching all five white balls in the July 31 drawing. The odds of winning that prize are 1 in 1.8 million.

When Harper arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday, she had a decision to make. She could choose to receive $25,000 a year for the rest of her life or $500,000 in cash. She chose the lump sum option and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $279,832.

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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9/14/2025 07:07 - Lesly C.

Congratulation

9/05/2025 11:43 - John M.

Congratulations Annette Harper with a 1 in nearly 2 million win turning $2 into over $200K! Pretty amazing! No doubt that blessing will significantly help you/your Family!

9/05/2025 09:35 - Roger K.

Wow! What luck is this, so lucky of a person. Congrats!

9/05/2025 09:31 - Robert f.

Congratulations from my home town enjoy your big win!!!!!!!!

9/05/2025 06:14 - Zelda L.

congratulations

9/04/2025 10:06 - Duane C.

Congratulations

9/04/2025 09:52 - joanie m.

Congratulations great win

9/04/2025 09:42 - robert f b.

$25,000 a year for life would be the only way to go for me. i would split the prize with my wife and we would have extra money all the time. that would come out to $1,047.00 each a month, for LIFE

9/04/2025 07:29 - Gregory S.

and you lost no time letting everyone know her name. nice.NC Lottery
Hi, Gregory! NC Public Information laws require that a big winner's name, hometown, game played, and amount won are considered public info. Anything else a winner wishes to share is up to them!

9/04/2025 07:23 - Sabrina D S.

Congrats!!

9/04/2025 06:37 - Merouane B.

Love it. Good luck to you

9/04/2025 04:25 - Marie B.

Congratulations!!

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