North Carolina Man Wins $200K from Scratch-Off Ticket, Plans to Buy New Car

A North Carolina lottery player from Brunswick County recently won $200,000 from a scratch-off ticket. The fortunate man, a Shallotte resident, decided to give the $5 scratch-off ticket a try. He purchased his Double Your Money ticket from Minuteman Food Mart on Holden Beach Road Southwest in Shallotte. The odds of winning $200,000 from the Double Your Money ticket are 1 in 1,211,052.

After scratching off the ticket, the lucky player was incredibly excited to see that he had just won one of the top prizes for a $200,000 payday. The winner, a Brunswick County man, was in disbelief and checked the ticket multiple times. The fortunate man acknowledged the lottery windfall as a blessing and said he plans to buy a new car. The $5 Double Your Money ticket was launched on August 29, 2025, offering players a chance to win a prize between $10 and $200,000.

In disbelief, the Brunswick County man woke up on the day after he won the $200,000 top prize and checked the ticket again, hoping that the lottery windfall wasn’t a dream. Upon claiming his newfound fortune at the Lottery headquarters, the winner said: 'This is a big blessing. It’s coming at a very good time.' In Brunswick County, education programs have benefited from $6.3m from lottery funds.