Kernersville woman to build foster home in West Africa after winning $1 million on scratch-off ticket
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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — Eva Flomo, of Kernersville, tried her luck on a single $150 Million Cash Explosion scratch-off ticket and took home a $1 million prize, according to the NC Education Lottery.
Flomo stopped at the Speedway on North Main Street in Kernersville.
“It’s just $20. Let me just go ahead and try it,” she said.
She likes scratch-off tickets and said this was her first time playing the $20 game.
“It just shocked me!” she said of her win. “I just thank God.”
Flomo plans to use her million-dollar win to open a foster home and school in Liberia, West Africa.
“I’m from West Africa,” she said. “And I’ve seen a lot of kids on the street. It would be a great thing for me to do for people back home. I don’t care about a lot of material stuff for myself.”
Flomo claimed her prize at the lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Thursday.
She had a choice of taking the $1 million as an annuity of $50,000 a year over 20 years, or a lump sum of $600,000. She chose the lump sum. After federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $424,505.
$150 Million Cash Explosion launched with four top prizes of $4 million and six prizes of $1 million. Two $4 million prizes and one $1 million prize remain.
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