Jose Diaz Ortez of Durham won a $200,000 prize from a $5 scratch-off ticket, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced Friday morning.
The lottery shared a release saying Ortez bought the lucky ticket from Quality Food Mart on Durham Road in Raleigh and collected his prize on Thursday. After required state and federal taxes, Ortez will take home $130,020.
The ticket was from the game ‘$5 Carolina Jackpot,’ which debuted in June. Three $200,000 remain to be claimed.
Image via NC Education Lottery
Players get a second chance with their Carolina Jackpot tickets by scanning the tickets into their lottery accounts, where they are automatically entered into a second-chance drawing. The drawing’s rolling jackpot continues to grow with every entry until the next drawing.
The first four drawings feature the rolling jackpot and the fifth drawing features a top prize of $200,000. The date of the third drawing is September 14.
Ticket sales from Carolina Jackpot and other games raise more than $2.5 million per day for education, with $13.9 million of that going to Durham County in 2021.
Featured image via North Carolina Education Lottery
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