RALEIGH — Trena Nicholson of Hamlet won a $2 million top prize from a Ruby Red 7’s scratch-off ticket, officials with the N.C. Education Lottery announced on Friday.
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Nicholson purchased the winning ticket at the Speedway on West Hamlet Avenue in Hamlet and chose to receive her prize as a lump sum of $1.2 million, taking home $861,006 after taxes.
“I was jumping up and down screaming,” Nicholson said of her reaction to winning.
Nicholson, a mother of six, immediately called her children to share the news of her big win.
“I called my daughter and was like, ‘I won, I won, I won,’” she recalled.
She mentioned that she always believed she would win big one day, saying, “I just had the feeling. I told them it would happen.”
The Ruby Red 7’s game, which debuted this month, offers three $2 million top prizes, with two still available to be claimed.
Nicholson plans to use her winnings to share with her children and pay bills, marking a significant change in her life.
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