Jose Vazquez of Raleigh tried his luck on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Vazquez bought his lucky $2,000,000 Diamond Dazzler ticket from the Jordan Falcons Family Fare on Hope Valley Road in Durham. He arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,016.
The $2,000,000 Diamond Dazzler game launched in January with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes. Two $2 million top prizes and three $100,000 prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million per year for education. For details on how $65.1 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Wake County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section