Women from Fayetteville won $200k in New NC lottery game

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.- Laura Nelson, a Fayetteville woman bought her lucky Hot 5's ticket from the One Stop Shop on Strickland Bridge Road in Fayetteville.

The Hot 5's game launched the first week in July. It has five top prizes of $200,000--well it had five; now there's only four left.

Nelson claimed her prize Thursday and took home $142,021 after taxes.

The prize is the second of the $200,000 jackpots available to be one. There are four more remaining to be claimed.

According to the NC Education Lottery, the game also features a new second-chance opportunity for those who buy Carolina Jackpot tickets. For the first time, any Carolina Jackpot scratch-off can be entered into second-chance drawings that feature a rolling jackpot. As more tickets are entered, the larger the rolling jackpot grows.