Dorothy Ford of Fairmont is the first player to win $200,000 playing the new Strike it Rich! scratch-off game.
Ford’s good luck happened when she bought the $5 ticket at Marshall’s Friendly Stop on N.C. 41 South in Fairmont.
She claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $139,003.
Strike it Rich! launched earlier this month with four top prizes of $200,000. Three top prizes remain.
Ticket sales from instant games like Strike it Rich! 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 “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.