Nettie Cheek of Greensboro tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off and won a $200,000 prize.
“I still don’t believe it,” Cheek said as she claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. “It is amazing. I can get some things done, pay on some bills and help my kids. It’s still unreal.”
Cheek purchased her lucky Mega Bucks ticket from Wendover Curb Market on East Wendover Avenue in Greensboro. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $141,501.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education. For details on how $32 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Guilford County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.