Ronald Bryant of Tarboro can do some home renovations after a $5 scratch-off won him a $250,000 top prize.
“My house needs some work so I can use this to help with that,” he said.
Bryant bought his lucky 20X The Cash ticket from C&S Food Mart on North Main Street in Tarboro. He then took it home to scratch it.
“I looked at it and said, ‘I don’t believe this. This can’t be true,’” Bryant recalled after seeing how much he won.
Even though Bryant had trouble processing his big win, he said he had always had faith it would happen.
“I always felt that one day I was going to get it,” Bryant said.
He arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to claim his prize and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $179,376.
The 20X The Cash game debuted in February with eight top prizes of $250,000. Six $250,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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3/31/2025 07:38 – Timothy G.
How is it determined when a top prize ticket on let`s say a $20 scratch off ticket goes out?NC Lottery
Hi, Timothy! During the secure printing process, winning tickets are distributed at random throughout the entire printing run of each game. Then they’re divided up into packs and the inventory is stored securely before being distributed to retailers by the lottery’s sales staff. Where a winning ticket might show up is a complete mystery until a lucky player scratches one off and comes in to claim!
3/29/2025 01:10 – Duane C.
Congratulations bro
3/28/2025 07:58 – Marie B.
First of all congrats. Nice to have money to fix up your house. To the person who just said that NCEL is picking who they want to win. Please tell me how would they know who purchased which ticket. How would they know that. I go into the store and purchase a scratch off ticket how would they know that I went into the store. And how would I know which ticket was the next ticket with the winning numbers. Some people just are plain and simply lucky. And some like me haven’t had a winning ticket in almost 2 years. When I don’t play the number I usually play it comes out. I have won on scratch offs but never really big. I play the lottery because I hope maybe I will win big but for me it is fun.
3/28/2025 09:52 – Robert f.
Congratulations,nice big win!!!!!!!
3/28/2025 09:33 – John D.
People look where big wins came at People that won the most are restaurant owners race car drivers some people even won three times in a row I believe it was 2016 2 people in the same area won big jackpots around Sampson county this is public information on their about page they are picking big game winners look into the cash 5 and lucky for life games also they already know who is going to win KEEP WATCHING NC
3/27/2025 11:50 – Duane C.
Congratulations bro
3/27/2025 10:32 – John D.
CONGRATULATIONS RONALD B. ENJOY IT MY BROTHER AND DON’T GIVE IT BACK TO NCEL PLEASE
3/27/2025 09:55 – Lakeisha C.
Congratulations
3/27/2025 05:20 – Regina O.
I’m from Tarboro, congratulations!!
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