$1 million lottery prize claimed
Published: Thu, Sep. 04, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Thu, Sep. 04, 2008 06:09AM
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closeFUQUAY-VARINA -- Barbara McNeil of Fuquay-Varina is the first to claim $1 million in the state's "$130 Million Blockbuster" instant lottery game introduced last month. McNeil bought her winning ticket at the Grocery Boy Jr. No. 39 on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary.
Her $1 million prize will be paid out as an annuity -- $50,000 minus taxes each August for 20 years. She received her first payment Tuesday morning.
McNeil said she would use her windfall to pay bills and relax at the beach. The "$130 Million Blockbuster" instant scratch-off game has 10 $1 million prizes along with tens of thousands of other prizes. In addition, toward the end of the game there will be a drawing for one prize of $50,000 a year "for life" with a minimum payout of 20 years. The lottery has paid out more than $22.5 million in prizes on the ticket that first went on sale Aug. 5.
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The odds of winning are 1 in 1.7 million.
In last Thursday's "Carolina Cash 5" drawing, James Peterkin of Apex collected $131,965. Peterkin bought his winning ticket at the Willow Creek BP on Old Honeycutt Road in Fuquay-Varina.
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