RALEIGH — Tomas Garcia, of Lenoir, took a chance on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won the first $2 million top prize in a new scratch-off game, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced Friday.
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Garcia bought his lucky Power 20s ticket from Quickway Superette on Norwood Street Southwest in Lenoir.
Garcia could choose the prize as an annuity of $100,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $1.2 million. He chose the lump sum.
After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $855,006.
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