GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Eddie Perdue, of Greensboro, bought a $5 scratch-off and won $150,000, according to an NC Education Lottery news release.
Perdue stopped at the Stanly Tobacco & Vapes on Landmark Center Boulevard in Greensboro and bought a Cashword Multiplier ticket.
The game launched in August with six $150,000 top prizes. Three remain to be won.
He claimed his prize Monday at the lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
After federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $106,516.
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