RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh man is celebrating after winning a $200,000 prize on a scratch-off on Christmas Eve.
"Everybody was just in shock with their mouths open," Edisson Garcia Vargas told NC Education Lottery.
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He said he won the $5 More Money ticket while playing a holiday game with family members.
"We had a big bowl of gifts that we took turns unwrapping," Vargas said. "That lottery ticket was the only thing I got out of there."
His ticket was purchased at the Harris Teeter on Flowers Crossroads Way in Clayton. Vargas said he got a good luck kiss from his girlfriend before he scratched the ticket.
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"I was so excited when I saw how much I won," Vargas said. "The whole family was."
After required state and federal tax withholdings Vargas took home $142,501.