Julia Dowell of Cana, Virginia tried her luck on a $10 ticket and won a $1 million top prize.
Dowell bought her $1,000,000 Bankroll ticket at the Speedway on Rockford Street in Mount Airy.
She had the choice of taking the $1 million prize as an annuity of $50,000 a year for 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000.
Dowell chose the lump sum of $600,000 and took home $424,503 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs like $1,000,000 Bankroll make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have helped all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.