"I called my mom and said, 'I think I won,'" Schuprell Hinnant said. "She was in disbelief."
Hinnant bought a $30 MAX-A-MILLION ticket from Papa Jacks Store on N.C. 42 West in Kenly. She scratched off her ticket and could barely believe her eyes.
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"I was just like, 'This isn't real,'" Hinnant recalled. "I did about three or four takes."
Hinnant said she sat in her car staring at the ticket for a while. Her first thought was of her mother.
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On Monday, she went to lottery headquarters in Raleigh to claim her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,758.
Hinnant said she plans to use her winnings to help her mom get a screened-in porch for her house.
The MAX-A-MILLION game debuted in March with 25 top prizes of $1 million and 10 prizes of $100,000. Nineteen $1 million prizes and seven $100,000 prizes remain unclaimed.
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