Trip to Food Lion nets Johnston County woman $1 million lottery prize
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A Johnston County woman’s trip to a grocery store ended up paying off big time.
Hilda Wood, from Clayton, bought a $10 “Carolina Black: Millionaire Edition” scratch-off lottery ticket at Food Lion on Timber Drive West in Garner, according to a Wednesday news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery.
When she scratched the ticket, she “watched it reveal a $1 million prize,” the lottery says.
Wood claimed her top prize Tuesday in Raleigh and chose a lump sum of $600,000 over an annuity of 20 payments of $50,000 a year, according to the release.
She took home $424,503 after taxes.
Two top $1 million prizes remain in the “Carolina Black: Millionaire Edition” game, the lottery says. The game launched in September with seven top prizes.
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