One $20 ticket turned Cloud 9 on Premier Boulevard in Roanoke Rapids into a full-on celebration Monday night, after Tyler Acree of Halifax County scratched off a $100,000 prize on a Stacks of Cash ticket. Acree said he could not contain himself, sprinting in circles around the store as customers joined in the excitement. He drove to lottery headquarters the next day to claim his winnings. After required state and federal withholdings, he took home $72,016 and said he plans to use the money to pay bills and invest.
As reported by ABC11, Acree bought the lucky ticket at Cloud 9 and recalled that "everybody in there was jumping up and down yelling" once it sank in that he had hit a $100,000 winner. He claimed the prize at lottery headquarters on Tuesday, and the station notes that the six-figure win translated into a $72,016 payout after taxes.
What the Stacks of Cash ticket pays
The $20 Stacks of Cash scratch-off launched in January and offers three $2 million top prizes and six $100,000 prizes, according to the NC Education Lottery. The game’s prize table and remaining-prizes list show that only a handful of the largest awards are still unclaimed across North Carolina.
Lottery money and local schools
Lottery revenues cycle back into local projects. ABC11 reports that the state has provided $112.3 million in lottery-funded grants to help build new schools for Halifax County Schools and Weldon City Schools. Officials encourage players to visit the NC Education Lottery’s Impact pages to see how proceeds are distributed across all 100 counties.
The NC Education Lottery keeps an updated list of winners and remaining prize counts, and several large Stacks of Cash awards are still unclaimed. Retailers that sell a winning ticket also earn a commission, which can give small stores and their staff a useful financial boost.
