A fortunate Raleigh man wins $200,000 recently in scratch off lottery

Raleigh resident Bradley Branch checked his scratch-off while eating dinner at his house last Tuesday night and could hardly take another bite after he discovered a $200,000 scratch-off prize.

“I kind of got the shakes,” Branch recalled. “I could barely get the fork to my mouth.” He bought his lucky $5 More Money ticket from Cool Mart on Penny Road in Raleigh.

“I just liked the odds on the ticket,” he replied when asked why he chose the scratch-off. Branch said he started to get a ‘nervous, jittery feeling’ when he first saw that he won.

“I was like, ‘Wait a minute. I think that’s a winner,’” he said. “I took a picture and sent it to my best friend.” Branch arrived at lottery headquarters last Wednesday to claim his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,501.

He said he will use the money to buy a car and put the rest in savings.