South Carolina native secures $5 million prize in North Carolina lottery draw
Melchor Aguilar, a truck driver from Inman, South Carolina, has made a life-changing decision after winning a $5m prize from the North Carolina Education Lottery's popular scratch-off game, 200X The Cash.
The lucky win occurred while Aguilar was passing through North Carolina on the job. The winning ticket was purchased at Kangaroo Express on East Swannanoa Avenue in Liberty, North Carolina.
The 200X The Cash game, released by the North Carolina Education Lottery on March 5, 2024, offers prizes between $30 and $5m. Aguilar's grand prize win has odds of 1 in 2,963,646, making it a rare and exciting victory.
However, no plans for the unexpected windfall were shared by Aguilar. He has the option to receive either a lump sum of $3m or annual payments of $250,000 per year for the next 20 years.
The 200X The Cash game also offers tier-two prizes of $100,000 and tier-three prizes of $50,000. Eight tier-two prizes and eleven tier-three prizes remain in play. Three top prizes of $5m remain unclaimed in the game.
The North Carolina Education Lottery released details about Aguilar's win last week, but no verifiable public information is currently available about who won the top prize package in 200X The Cash or in which month and year the game was launched.
The overall odds of winning any prize from the $30 scratch-off ticket in the 200X The Cash game are 1 in 2.93. Despite these long odds, the game continues to attract players with its enticing prizes and the possibility of a life-changing win.
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The 200X The Cash game is just one of the many offerings from the North Carolina Education Lottery, which aims to generate funds for education in the state. The lottery has been instrumental in providing millions of dollars for education initiatives in North Carolina.
