DURHAM, N.C. -- A Durham woman went home with a jackpot prize after becoming one of the first to claim the top prizes in the Big Money game.
Margarita Mendez bought her lucky $10 ticket at Han-Dee Hugo's on N.C. West in Cary.
Mendez claimed her prize on Friday and went home with a whopping $424,503 after required state and federal tax withholdings.
The Big Money game started in December with three top prizes of $1 million. Two of the prizes have yet to been claimed.