While on vacation from Brooklyn, New York, Yong Chen scored a $750,000 Jumbo Bucks top prize.
Chen purchased his lucky $10 ticket from Harris Teeter on Olde Regent Way in Leland.
He claimed his prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he’ll take home $530,628.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 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.