Those Second Chance Lottery Tickets Payoff
Happy birthday to Dondrell Lee of Charlotte, North Carolina, and for winning $200,000 in a second-chance drawing. The North Carolina Education lottery has chances to win for a second chance, so don’t throw tickets away. Lee, a 59-year-old retail worker who turns 60 in a week, said he is still in a state of awesomeness! The lucky man says, “It’s just unbelievable.” Mr. Lee beat some long odds of 1.7 million entries in the drawing. He claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $142,500. He said he wants to use his winnings to pay some bills and possibly take a vacation someplace warm.
The $30 200X The Cash game launched in March with six $5 million top prizes and 18 $100,000 prizes. Four $5 million prizes and nine $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed. The game also features four second-chance drawings to win additional prizes. Wednesday’s 200X The Cash second-chance drawing was the second drawing. Each drawing features one $1 million prize, one $200,000 prize, and 25 $500 prizes.
Ticket sales from lottery games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $61.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Mecklenburg County last year, by visiting www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
