Patricia Plonchak of Southport became the latest Ultimate 7’s winner when her ticket revealed a $100,000 prize.
Plonchak purchased her winning $20 ticket from Lowes Foods on Midway Road Southeast in Bolivia.
She claimed her prize last Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $70,756 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
Ultimate 7’s launched this month with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes. Four top prizes and six $100,000 prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games like Ultimate 7’s make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $5.4 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Brunswick County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.