Jessica Sesera of Castle Hayne decided to celebrate Mother’s Day by trying her luck on a $30 scratch-off and she got rewarded with a $100,000 prize.
“I don’t usually buy tickets but it was Mother’s Day so I just went for it,” she recalled. “I’ve never played that one before.”
Sesera, a mother of one with another child on the way, bought her lucky Carolina Black Premier ticket from the Food Lion on Castle Hayne Road in Wilmington. She then took the ticket to her car to scratch.
“I was like, ‘There’s no way this is happening.’” Sesera laughed. “I didn’t believe it was real.”
She arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to claim her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $72,018.
Sesera plans to use her winnings to pay bills and buy a new car.
The Carolina Black Premier game debuted in July with three $4 million top prizes and six $100,000 prizes. Two $4 million prizes and three $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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