A North Carolina man is living lucky after winning the top prize in a new scratch-off game featuring country singer Luke Combs.
Emmanuel Glover, of Fayetteville, won the $200,000 top prize after scratching off a $5 Living Lucky with Luke Combs ticket on April 21, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release on Thursday.
Glover bought the winning ticket from the Antioch Food Mart in Oxford, lottery officials said.
“I had to blink a couple times to see if it was real,” Glover said in a statement. “Then, we went about our day trying to hold it in.”
Glover collected his earnings at lottery headquarters. After state and federal taxes, he netted $142,501.
The Living Lucky with Luke Combs game, which features the North Carolina native, debuted this month with five $200,000 prizes, lottery officials said. Three $200,000 prizes have yet to be claimed.
People who buy the tickets from the promotion can enter two second-chance drawings with a chance to win a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, with a chance to win $500,000 at a Combs concert.
“I love to venture out and try new things,” Glover told lottery officials. “If I win, I’ll enjoy the trip down there.”