North Carolina woman wins $1m from $10 scratch-off ticket

• Available to players across North Carolina, the $1,000,000 Taxes Paid scratch-off ticket costs $10 and grants players a chance to win a prize between $10 and $1.38m
• A Richfield woman tried the popular game and won one of the remaining $1.38m top prizes for a $1m payday after the applicable taxes
• One more top prize remains in play from the $10 scratch-off, along with various prizes smaller in size

A single scratch-off ticket brought a life-changing prize to a lucky North Carolina Education Lottery player.

Another top prize won from $1,000,000 Taxes Paid

That’s the story of one Stanly County woman who won the top prize from the Lottery’s $1,000,000 Taxes Paid scratch-off ticket.

The winner decided to try her luck with the $10 game,and she purchaseda ticketfrom Refuel on U.S. 52 North in Albemarle.

As a result, the woman scored one of the game’s top prizes for a sweet $1.38m payday.

Interestingly, after the applicable state and federal taxes, the total prize the winner collected was exactly $1m, hence why the game is called $1,000,000 Taxes Paid.

The fortunate Richfield woman visited the North Carolina Education Lottery headquarters recently to claim her newfound fortune.

The player didn’t reveal if she had plans for the lottery windfall.

Still, she will likely forever remember the decision to give the $10 game a try and win $1m.

The North Carolina Education Lottery introduced the $1,000,000 Taxes Paid game on September 1, 2026.

The win of the Stanly County woman marks the second top prize from the $10 scratch-off and the odds of winning that prize are 1 in 1,851,860.

After the $1,388,696 prize win, there is one such top prize remaining in play from the popular scratch-off game.

A tier-two prize awards $20,000 and out of nine such prizes, four remain in play, with the odds of winning one being 1 in 617,286.67.

On the other hand, the $1,000,000 Taxes Paid game also awards a tier-three prize of $10,000. The odds of winning a tier-three prize are 1 in 617,286.67 and there are a total of six such prizes in play.

Within the lower prize tiers, between $500 and $10, there are hundreds of thousands of prizes up for grabs.

The overall odds of winning any prize from the $10 scratch-off game are 1 in 3.95.

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