Timothy Winkler of Cary is the latest player to win a $200,000 Taxes Paid top prize.
Winkler bought the $5 scratch-off ticket at the C Mini Mart on Chapel Hill Road in Cary.
A player who wins a top prize in this game gets a check for the top prize amount with the taxes already paid. The lottery pays the minimum mandatory required federal and state tax withholding as part of the top prizes awarded in the game. The actual top prize Winkler claimed on Friday was $287,766 and he took home $200,001.
$200,000 Taxes Paid launched in April with five top prizes. One top prize remains.
Ticket sales from games like $200,000 Taxes Paid made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $622 million for the state last year. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in Wake County, click on the “For Education” section of the lottery’s website.