A woman in North Carolina has doubled her luck after winning a second six-figure prize in the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Teressa Williams, of Forest City, first won $150,000 in November 2020 on the Holiday Luck X50 scratch-off, the North Carolina Education Lottery shared in a recent press release.
Williams' latest $100,000 jackpot win from a $20 Mega 7 scratch-off ticket was purchased from Prisha Mart in Forest City, on the US 74A Bypass, the release stated.
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The Mega 7 game debuted in October "with four $2 million prizes and eight $100,000 prizes," according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
There are still two of the $2 million prizes and two $100,000 prizes that have yet to be claimed, the lottery agency added.
Williams arrived at the lottery headquarters on Wednesday, May 31, to collect her earnings.
She won the $100,000 prize, but after the required state and federal tax withholdings, she went home with $71,256, the press released stated.
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The North Carolina Education Lottery scratch-off ticket sales go towards the state education programs, raising an average of $2.5 million a day for education, the lottery agency's website states.
The state of North Carolina used funds raised by the lottery to provide Rutherford County with a $15 million grant going towards the build of a new middle school, the lottery agency stated. Last year, the lottery raised $929 million in support of education programs across the state.
The North Carolina State Lottery Act was signed into law in 2005 "just 399 days after entering the market, sales topped $1 billion," the North Carolina Education lottery wrote on it's "Our Story" page.
The different retailers that partner with the North Carolina Education Lottery receives a 7% commissions and $50,000 incentive if the organization sells a winning jackpot ticket in the Powerball or Mega Millions games, the site shared.
