LANCASTER, South Carolina — A Lancaster, South Carolina man entered a second-chance drawing and won a $100,000 prize, the NC Education Lottery announced Friday.
Paul Blackburn claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,010.
The Jan. 5 Millionaire Maker second-chance drawing awarded one top prize of $1 million and one prize of $100,000. There were more than 1.4 million entries in the drawing.
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