A Lee County man won a $200,000 prize off a lottery scratch-off.
“It just caught my eye,” Lewis Moreland said. “It was the first time buying a green ticket.”
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Moreland is from Broadway and bought his $5 ticket from the Kangaroo Express on North Main Street. He then took it home to scratch in the kitchen with his wife.
“I was just like, ‘Am I looking at this correctly?’” Moreland recalled. “Lo and behold that’s what was there.”
Moreland and his wife couldn’t believe what they saw.
“It was a good feeling,” he said.
Moreland arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to claim his prize. After required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $143,501.
Moreland plans to use his winnings to invest and plan for his retirement.
The Emerald 8s game debuted in December 2023 with six $200,000 top prizes. Two $200,000 prizes remain to be claimed.