RALEIGH — Christopher Engels, of Kannapolis, said he always enters into second-chance drawings and on Wednesday it paid off with a $100,000 top prize win, officials with the N.C. Education Lottery announced on Friday.
“It was just the right place, right time,” Engels said.
Engels won his lucky prize in the Season End Blowout drawing. The drawing had more than 5 million entries.
“I was definitely happy and excited,” he recalled. “Now I can tell people I won something really big.”
Engels said he has been looking forward to this moment for years.
“For the past two or three years I’ve been wanting to come to Raleigh but I wanted to win a big prize so I would have a good reason to come here,” Engels laughed.
Engles did go to Raleigh to cash his ticket in and after taxes, he took home $71,750.
The Season End Blowout drawing awarded three North Carolina lottery players with a $100,000 prize. One prize remains to be claimed.
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