Maleka Martin of Winston-Salem tried her luck on a Digital Instant game on Friday and won a $167,233 jackpot.
Martin won the top level “Gold” jackpot on a $1 play in the Banker’s Vault game. The Digital Instant game features a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. The odds of that win were 1 in 40 million.
She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $120,435.
In the Banker’s Vault Digital Instant game, a player can play from 50 cents to $5. After Martin won the jackpot, it restarted at $80,000 and has grown to over $85,000 as of Thursday afternoon.
Digital Instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Eighty-eight different games are available to play online now.
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