Robeson County man wins $1 million prize in scratch-off game

April 24, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:11 PM

Christopher Patterson of Pembroke tried his luck on a $10 scratch-off ticket Tuesday and won a $1 million top prize.

Patterson bought his lucky $10 Jumbo Bucks ticket from Alex’s Mini Mart on NC 72 West in Pembroke.

When Patterson arrived at lottery headquarters Friday, he had a decision to make. He could choose to receive his prize as an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000. He chose the lump sum of $600,000 and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $432,063.

The Jumbo Bucks game debuted in August 2024 with eight $1 million top prizes. One $1 million prize remains to be claimed.

16 COMMENTS

4/28/2026 02:19 - shirley b.

NCEL looks like the trip 333 has been trying to fall. Clearly something must be impeding them. Can you have the machines checked?NC Lottery
Hi, Shirley! Our team has strict security procedures in place to ensure that every set of numbers has the exact same chance of being drawn in every drawing. This includes using a randomly selected ball machine and randomly selected ball set during each different drawing. We conduct pre-draws before each drawing to ensure the machines are working as they should be. We love when popular numbers are drawn because it makes our players happy, but we have strict security measures in place to ensure that every combination, regardless of popularity, has the same odds of being drawn in each drawing.

4/27/2026 10:38 - Latandra V.

Way to go! Congratulations...

4/27/2026 08:23 - larry r.

Congrats, invest, and spend later!

4/27/2026 10:44 - SELENA M.

That’s fantastic. My question for the Lottery Officials is why did you do that to the mobile app? It looks like it was made 20 years ago.

4/26/2026 07:47 - Santos G.

4/26/2026 01:17 - David B.

Definitely glad you won sad thing is you pay for a chance to win million an walk away with less than half some is better than none but just prove the intent of this lottery its actually tax that only poor people play not rich

4/26/2026 10:40 - Karen M.

Congratulations ??

4/25/2026 08:53 - wanda e.

Congratulations ??

4/25/2026 06:16 - Cheryl M.

Congratulations

4/25/2026 01:26 - Berry B.

WTG,C.P.!!

4/25/2026 10:02 - Sherice L.

Congratulations! I am patiently waiting on my on my big win!NC Lottery
We are wishing you luck, Sherice!

4/25/2026 07:50 - Patricia C.

Congratulations!

4/24/2026 09:23 - al s.

I JUST LOGGED ON TO TICKET CHECKER,ITS BEEN CHANGED BUT I CANT GET IT TO WORK,WONT GIVE ME MY POINTS OR RECONIZE THE CODE BARNC Lottery
Hi Al, our web team is not aware of a widespread issue with the app. You made need to update to the latest version of the app, or try deleting and reinstalling the app. If your issue persists, please reach out to our Online Support folks at https://nclottery.com/Help so they can work with you directly to resolve this.

4/24/2026 08:17 - Sherry L.

Congratulations! Awesome!

4/24/2026 08:15 - stephanie r.

Congratulations

4/24/2026 05:15 - Roger K.

Wow! Congratulations on your big win! Chris, are you on this lottery post? I wouldn't do this or say this, but 20,000 would be great if you can send me a gift of 20,000. I would appreciate if you could send me the gift of 20,000. Thanks so much!

Robeson County man wins $1 million prize in scratch-off game

April 24, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 1:11 PM

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