ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. — A farmer in Elfland dug up a big prize on a day many people would consider unlucky — Friday the 13th.
This isn't her first time either.
Christy Merritt won the lottery in 2018 and on Friday she won again!
My brain could just not comprehend it,” Merritt said. “It was very exciting though.”
She bought her lucky $30 Black Titanium scratch-off ticket from Efland Supermarket on U.S. 70 West in Efland and won $100,000.
Previously, Merritt split a $250,000 scratch-off prize with her roommate in 2018 after buying a ticket from the same store.
“I did not believe what I was seeing,” she recalled. “It was certainly a shock.”
Merritt, a farmer and grandmother of four, said she wants to do something nice for her grandchildren with her latest big win.
“I have four already with another on the way. So, maybe I will take them on a nice trip,” she said. “Maybe to the beach.”
Merritt took home $71,259 after taxes.
In addition to a trip with her grandkids, she plans to pay some bills and put money away for retirement.
The Black Titanium game debuted in June with six $4 million top prizes and 16 $100,000 prizes. Four $4 million prizes and 10 $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.8 million a day on average for education. For details on how $8.3 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Orange County in 2022, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.
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