RALEIGH, N.C. — Ronald Atteberry of Spencer tried his luck on a $10 scratch-off ticket and won a $1 million prize in the North Carolina Education Lottery.
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Atteberry bought his lucky 50X The Cash ticket from Murphy Express on Freeland Drive in Salisbury.
Atteberry could choose to receive his prize as an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000. He chose the lump-sum amount of $600,000 and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $425,012.
Other recent winners include Danny Crump of Indian Trail, who won $150,000 from a $5 scratch-off ticket that he bought at the QuikTrip on U.S. 74 West, and Subbarao Oruganti of Charlotte, who won $100,000 from a $20 scratch-off ticket purchased at the Publix on Providence Road.
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