Lisa Purchacki of Lewisville tried her luck on a $20 scratch-off and won a $100,000 prize.
Purchacki bought her lucky $100 Million Mega Cash ticket from Circle K on Lewisville-Clemmons Road in Clemmons.
She arrived at lottery headquarters Wednesday 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 $21.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Forsyth County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.