David Anderson of Colfax is the latest player to win a $200,000 Taxes Paid top prize.
He bought the $5 scratch-off ticket at the BP on Gallimore Dairy Road in High Point.
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 Anderson claimed on Tuesday was $287,766. He took home $200,001.
$200,000 Taxes Paid launched in April with five top prizes. Three top prizes remain.
Ticket sales from games like $200,000 Taxes Paid made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $634 million for the state last year. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in Guilford County, click on the “For Education” section of the lottery’s website.