Rose Pinkney of Fayetteville found herself the latest winner of a $1 million Colossal Cash prize.
She purchased her winning $30 ticket from the Speedway on Yadkin Road in Fayetteville.
Pinkney claimed her prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
She had the choice of taking her prize as an annuity of $50,000 a year for 20 years or as a lump sum of $600,000. Pinkney chose the lump sum and, after state and federal tax withholdings, took home $424,509.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs like $10,000,000 Colossal Cash make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $21.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.