John Clark of Raeford is the first person to win a $200,000 top prize in the new Carolina Cash scratch-off game.

The Hoke County man bought the lucky $5 ticket at the Muncheez Express on Fayetteville Road in Raeford.

He claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $141,003.

Carolina Cash launched on Tuesday with three top prizes of $200,000. Two top prizes remain to be claimed.

Any winning and non-winning Carolina Cash tickets can also be entered into the lottery’s Player’s Club for a chance to win a N.C. Dream Vacation package. The second-chance winners can choose one of five different vacation packages.

Ticket sales from instant games like Carolina Cash make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. For details on how over $3.7 million raised by the lottery supported education programs in Hoke County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website, https://www.nclottery.com.