HIGH POINT, N.C. — Editor's note: The video above is from a story on how money from lottery tickets goes to schools.
A High Point man will receive $25,000 a year every year for the rest of his life.
Kyung Ko purchased his lucky $2 ticket at Charlie’s Tobacco Outlet on Eastchester Drive.
In Friday's Lucky for Life drawing he matched all five white balls and became a winner.
He had the option of receiving $25,000 a year for the rest of his life or a $390,000 lump sum.
Ko chose to take the $25,000 a year for life and after taxes took home $17,813 for his first annual payment.
He wasn't the only winner in North Carolina.
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