Malissa Shipman of Fayetteville tried her luck on a $2 Mega Millions ticket, and won a $1 million prize in Tuesday’s drawing.
Shipman bought her $2 Mega Millions ticket through Online Play for the March 12 drawing. Her ticket matched all five white balls to win the $1 million prize.
Shipman arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to claim her prize. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $715,001.
The jackpot for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing is $875 million, or $413.5 million in cash. The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.
Mega Millions is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
For details on how $21.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.