Marvin Northrup of Lewisville made a stop for some lottery tickets and walked away the tenth winner of a $1 million Millionaire Maker top prize.

“I was at a line dance function in Salisbury and we went out to dinner,” he recalled. “After that I stopped at the convenience store and played one ticket that wasn’t any good and played the second ticket and hit it for the big money!”

Northrup purchased his winning $30 ticket from Rushco Food Stores on East Innes Street in Salisbury.

“When I scratched the ticket, I was in disbelief,” he recalled. “The number was 57 and I grabbed my chest and said, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, I can’t believe this.’ It’s wonderful.”

Northrup claimed his prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.

He had the option of taking the $1 million as an annuity of $50,000 a year over 20 years, or a lump sum of $600,000. Northrup chose the lump sum of $600,000 and took home $424,509 after required federal and state tax withholdings.

Since his big win, Northrup bought himself a new car. With the rest of the prize money, he plans to use it towards a “combination of savings and investments.”

Millionaire Maker is the first scratch-off to offer 30 $1 million prizes. Northrup became the tenth person to win one of those $1 million prizes.

Ticket sales from scratch-offs like Millionaire Maker make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $21.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Forsyth County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.