Kyaw Lay of Raleigh is celebrating his good fortune after he won $750,000 playing the Jumbo Bucks scratch-off game.
He bought the lucky $10 ticket at the Food Lion on Leesville Road in Raleigh.
He claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $528,760.
Jumbo Bucks launched in January with eight top prizes of $750,000. Six top prizes remain.
Ticket sales from instant games like Jumbo Bucks make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. For details on how $57.1 million raised by the lottery supported education programs in Wake County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website, https://www.nclottery.com.