Jenine Coffield of Brunswick County became the first person to win a $2 million top prize in the new Ultimate 7’s game.

Coffield, who lives in the Ash community, purchased her lucky $20 ticket from Calabash Food & Fuel on Beach Drive Southwest in Calabash.

She claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. She had a choice of taking an annuity of $100,000 a year for 20 years or a lump sum of $1.2 million. She chose the $1.2 million lump sum and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, received $849,006.

Ultimate 7’s launched this month with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes. Three 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.