Juan Jauregui of Sanford took a chance on a $30 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Jauregui bought his 200X The Cash ticket from the Refuel on Lifestyle Place in Pittsboro. He collected his prize Friday at lottery headquarters and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,019.
The 200X The Cash game debuted in March with six top prizes of $5 million and 18 $100,000 prizes. Four $5 million prizes and 11 $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 $4.5 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Lee County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.