RALEIGH — Haya Freitekh, of Waxhaw, bought a $50 scratch-off and won an $8 million top prize, N.C. Education Lottery officials announced.
Freitekh bought an $8 Million Money Maker ticket from the Publix on Providence Road South in Marvin.
She could choose to receive her prize as an annuity of $400,000 a year over 20 years or a lump sum of $4.8 million.
She chose the lump sum, and after state and federal taxes, she took home $3,456,494.
One $8 million prize and four $100,000 prizes remain.
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