Laura Nelson of Fayetteville took a chance on a $5 scratch-off ticket and won the first $200,000 prize in a new lottery game.
Nelson bought her lucky Hot 5’s ticket from the One Stop Shop on Strickland Bridge Road in Fayetteville. She stopped by lottery headquarters Thursday to claim her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,021.
The Hot 5’s game debuted this month with five top prizes of $200,000. Four $200,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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 $22.6 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.