Debbie Rogers of Rougemont is celebrating after she played the Mega Bucks scratch-off game and won $200,000.
Rogers bought the $5 ticket at the Rougemont Food Mart on North Roxboro Road in Rougemont.
She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $141,003.
Ticket sales from games like Mega Bucks make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million dollars 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.