Jean Hoover of Fayetteville took a chance on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Hoover bought her lucky $2,000,000 Diamond Dazzler ticket from Fast Mart on North Reilly Road in Fayetteville.
She arrived at lottery headquarters Monday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,256.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $23 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.