Angela Sneed of Butner tried her luck on a $5 scratch-off ticket and won a $200,000 prize.
Sneed bought her lucky Ruby Red 7's ticket from the Butner Food Mart on Central Avenue in Butner. She arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,501.
Ruby Red 7's debuted in December with six $200,000 prizes. Two $200,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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 $3.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Granville County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.