Surry County woman won $100,000 worth of lottery jackpot
Surry County woman won $100,000 worth of lottery jackpot, the winner will soon be $100k times richer than before.
Dana Pruitt, a 62 years old lady bought her lucky lottery ticket for just $30 from Mayberry Mart on East Pine Street.
She bought the lottery ticket that she didn't wanted to buy, but the lottery that she played had no tickets left she decided to buy it.
And as soon as she left the store she scratched the lottery ticket and saw that she had won $100k worth lottery.
Pruitt collected her prize at the North Carolina lottery headquarters last week and after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,019.
The winner plans to save most of the money for retirement, but added that she might use some to travel to New England.
