“I always like buying the new tickets when they come out,” he told lottery officials.
North Carolina Education Lottery
Lester Land III, a 65-year-old lottery aficionado, was floored when he took home the jackpot win in a brand new North Carolina scratch-off.
“I always like buying the new tickets when they come out,” he told lottery officials.
The debut Lincoln scratch-off game won him a $200,000 prize, according to a Sept. 7 news release from the N.C. Education Lottery.
Land bought his $5 ticket at the Xpress Mart in High Point, lottery officials said. He took home $142,021 after taxes.
“That’s hard to beat,” Land told lottery officials.
The New London resident said he planned to use the winnings to buy a Toyota Prius, according to the release.
High Point is about 20 miles southeast of Winston-Salem.
Alison Cutler is a National Real Time Reporter for the Southeast at McClatchy. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and previously worked for The News Leader in Staunton, VA, a branch of USAToday.
