Brittany Brewer of Rockwell immediately thought of her son after a $5 scratch-off won her a $200,000 top prize.
“I’m going to invest this for my son’s future college fund,” she said.
Brewer said she had trouble believing that she won.
“I wanted to make sure the ticket was real,” she laughed.
Brewer’s disbelief at her big win quickly turned to elation.
“I was ecstatic,” she said.
Brewer bought her lucky $5 MONOPOLY® ticket from Little Buck Food Mart on North Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis where she works.
She arrived Tuesday to claim her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $144,021.
“It still doesn’t feel real,” Brewer said.
In addition to her son’s college fund, Brewer plans to donate some of her winnings to her church.
The $5 MONOPOLY® game debuted in November with five $200,000 top prizes. Three $200,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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