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WAXHAW, NC – Vicky Gause of Waxhaw took a chance on a $20 scratch-off ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Gause bought her lucky Ultimate 7’s ticket from the Circle K on East Main Street in Waxhaw. She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $70,756.
The Ultimate 7’s game launched in May with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes. One $2 million prize and one $100,000 prize remain to be claimed.