A lucky Granville County guy wins $100,000 in scratch off lottery game

Cleave Daniels of Oxford tried his luck on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.

Daniels bought his lucky $2,000,000 Riches ticket from Oxford Food Mart on Lewis Street in Oxford.

He arrived at lottery headquarters on April 11 to claim his prize and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,506.

The $2,000,000 Riches game debuted in May with four $2 million top prizes and eight $100,000 prizes.

Two $2 million prizes and three $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.

For details on how $3.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference for Granville County education programs last year, visit it's main website.