RALEIGH — Oscar Galdamez Rosales of Durham won $100,000 from a Ruby Red 7’s scratch-off ticket purchased at Lighthouse Food Mart on Holloway Street, N.C. Education Lottery officials said.
Rosales bought the $20 scratch-off ticket on a typical Saturday after getting a haircut and needing cash to pay his barber. He decided to buy the Ruby Red 7’s ticket on a whim and scratched it in his truck, discovering his win.
“Something just told me to buy that so I went for it,” Rosales recalled.
Rosales claimed his prize at lottery headquarters on Monday, taking home $71,756 after state and federal tax withholdings.
“This will help me complete some goals that I have,” he said. “It’s definitely going to help.”
The Ruby Red 7’s game debuted in August with three $2 million top prizes and nine $100,000 prizes.
Two $2 million prizes and five $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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