Jill Simpson of Browns Summit took a chance on a Digital Instant game and won a $179,646 jackpot.
Simpson played for $5 on May 7 and won the top level “Alakazam” jackpot in The Lamp: Dark Arts, a digital instant game featuring a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. The odds of that win were 1 in 12.9 million.
She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters. After required federal and state tax withholdings, Simpson took home $129,365.
In The Lamp: Dark Arts, a player can play from 50 cents to $30. After Simpson won the jackpot, it restarted at $100,000 and stands at over $356,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.
Digital instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Seventy-eight different games are available to play online now.
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