Malissa Shipman bought a $2 Mega Millions ticket online for the March 12 drawing, and she matched all five white balls to win the $1 million prize.
If she had just hit the Mega Ball (24) in the drawing, she would have claimed the grand prize of $735 million.
Still, Shipman claimed her prize at lottery headquarters Friday and after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $715,001, nothing to scoff at.
The jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing is $875 million, or $413.5 million in cash.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.
Mega Millions is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players can buy tickets at a retail location or on the lottery's website or app.