Gaston County Woman Wins $100,000 Lottery Scratch-off
Congratulations go to Joyce Gilchrist of Gastonia, North Carolina. Gilchrist had great fortune winning $100,000 from buying a $5 scratch-off ticket from a new North Carolina lottery game. The new game is called FIRE which apparently is paying off. Gilchrist bought her lucky Fire ticket from Times Turnaround on South New Hope Road in Gastonia. She arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect her prize and, after state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $71,251. What a great way to begin a new year!
This hot and firey game launched with four top prizes of $100,000. But, there are three more $100,000 prizes remaining. Not to worry because when games end, they introduce new scratch-offs on the first Tuesday of every month. Presently the North Carolina Education Lottery offers scratch-off games that cost $1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $20, or $30 to play.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $14.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Gaston County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
