A North Carolina woman won a $2 million top prize lottery ticket, her second lottery win since June.
Jennifer Kleinendorst paid just $20 for the winning “100X The Cash” scratch-off ticket, which she had bought in the town of Fuquay-Varina, according to a North Carolina Education Lottery news release on Tuesday.
The odds of winning the top prize was one in 1,540,530, according to the lottery page.
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But when Kleinendorst went to claim her money at lottery headquarters on Monday, she was given $1.2 million instead of $2 million, though the news release didn’t explain why.
She was given a choice, however, of whether she wanted the $1.2 million in a lump sum, or in $100,000 annuities over the next 20 years.
Kleinendorst chose the
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