Another Big Lottery Winner In North Carolina

You can listen to Fran Marie interviewing Adam Owens the Communications Manager for the North Carolina Education Lottery here.  Adam shared how we can have multiple chances to win jackpots with Second Chance scratch-offs. The latest winner is Bonita Ham who tried her luck on a $30 scratch-off and won a $100,000 prize. As Adam explained in the interview, when winning big, you must present your winning ticket in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ham bought her lucky Black Titanium ticket from Coulwood BP on Bellhaven Boulevard in Charlotte. She arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to claim her prize and, after required tax withholdings, took home $71,259. Down below you'll see a blog story about Joshua Allen recently missed a jackpot win by one number but he didn’t miss on Tuesday night when he matched all five numbers to win a $662,878 Cash 5 jackpot.

Four $4 million prizes and eight $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed. During the holiday season, we have to remember to play smart and know that lottery tickets are not appropriate gifts for kids as part of a national gift responsibility campaign. Research shows that the earlier someone participates in or is exposed to gambling, the more likely they are to develop a gambling problem later in life. Check out the official North Carolina Education Lottery blog page and more. Lastly, according to the National Endowment for Financial Education, 70% of lottery winners go bankrupt within a few years.

What would you do if you won big in the lottery? I know the shock may surprise us all and put us in a daze for a second, but at some point, we've got to spend the money. So, what are we buying first? Well, let's start with finding a way to win the big prize first.

Lotto Edge is naming the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs that you could play. Scratch-offs are some of the people's favorites to play throughout the years. Nice and quick and either you win or you don't but you find out pretty instantly. How do you pick which scratch-offs you play? Each scratch-off has its different odds of winning and it's good to know those odds to be able to help better your chances to win. Check out what Lotte Edge is naming as the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs. Here are 6 out of the 10 that have the best overall odds of winning. Check out the full list here and see which other scratch-offs aren't listed below.

The 100X scratch-off is coming in at No. 6. The ticket costs about $1 each for you to be able to purchase to play. Your overall odds of winning are about 1 in 3.48. Not so bad, right? Win possibly $300,000 or more when playing this infamous scratch-off game in South Carolina. What would be the first thing you would purchase with that kind of grand prize?

Why not play King's Ransom up next? With King's Ransom, you have a possibility with a 1 in 3.47 odds of winning this lottery game. The ticket costs only $10 so talk about profit margin if you win big with this scratch off. Might as well give it a try.

Come on, $500,000 sounds like a good time! If you play the $500,000 Multiplier Money then you could really win big with this one. Only costing you $10 per ticket, you have the chance to win with a 1 in 3.44 odds of winning.

Coming in at No. 3 is another famous one that people love to play. The Mighty Jumbo Bucks scratch off is one of those ones that people love. Only $10 per ticket, you have the possibility to profit pretty BIG. You will have a 1 in 3.40 odds in winning this grand prize.

The prizes are getting bigger and the odds are getting better. Spend just $10 and you have the chance to be a million-dollar winner. Now, a million dollars can really do some crazy things to your life. With a 1 in 3.23 chance of winning, a million dollars could be yours!

Now, if you thought a million was a great time then what about $2 million? That's right, the Fastest Road to $2 million scratch off is the number one spot. With a 1 in 3.06 overall odds in winning, this could be the best chance for you to win big. It's the #1 scratch off for South Carolina.