CHARLOTTE, N.C (News Release) β Leonard Burchβs morning routine of stopping for coffee and scratch-offs on his way to work took a turn for the better last week with a $100,000 win.
Burch, a mechanical contractor from Huntersville, made his usual stop for coffee and then played a few scratch-offs at Highland Creek BP on Ridge Road in Charlotte. He said just as he was leaving something told him to try one more time. He tried a $20 Ultimate 7βs ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
βI just had that feeling that it was going to be a winner,β Burch said as he collected his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $70,756. He said he had not yet decided how to use his prize money.
βI feel good I won,β Burch said.
Ultimate 7βs launched in May with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes. Two $2 million and five $100,000 prizes remain to be won.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $14.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cabarrus County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the βImpactβ section.
