Carrie Hughes of Fancy Gap, VA is celebrating her good fortune after she won $1 million playing the $4,000,000, Platinum Payout scratch-off game.
Hughes bought the $20 ticket at Pete’s Grocery on Doral Drive in Tobaccoville.
She claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. She had the choice of taking a $1 million annuity that has 20 payments of $50,000 a year or a lump sum of $600,000. She chose the lump sum. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $417,012.
$4,000,000 Platinum Payout launched in September 2016 with three prizes of $4 million and five $1 million prizes. Two $4 million prizes, and two $1 million prizes remain.
Ticket sales from games $4,000,000 Platinum Payout make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “For Education” section of the lottery’s website.