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Catawba County woman wins $1M in lottery

50X The Cash scratch-off tickets (NC Education Lottery)
(NC Education Lottery)

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — Gloria Adams of Conover turned $10 into $1 million when she tried her luck on a new North Carolina Education Lottery game recently.

She bought the winning 50X The Cash scratch-off ticket at the Food Lion on Springs Road in Hickory.

The game started last month with six top prizes of $1 million. Adams is the second top prize winner.

She claimed her prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and had a choice of getting annuity payments of $50,000 a year for 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000. She chose the lump sum and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $424,503.

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