Ngoc Hanh Bui of High Point tried her luck on a $20 scratch-off and won the first $100,000 prize in a new lottery game.
Bui bought her lucky Platinum ticket from the Family Fare on West Wendover Avenue in Jamestown. She arrived at lottery headquarters Monday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,016.
Platinum debuted this month with four $2 million prizes and eight $100,000 prizes. Four $2 million prizes and seven $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how money $33.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Guilford County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.