By WECT Staff | January 29, 2021 at 9:07 AM EST – Updated January 29 at 9:07 AM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – A Shallotte woman beat 1 in 240,000 odds to win $136,854, North Carolina Education Lottery officials said.
Leslie Moser purchased her winning $5 Jackpot 7s ticket from the Shallotte Moose Family Center on Holden Beach Road Southwest in Shallotte.
Moser won half of the Fast Play jackpot, which stood at $273,708.
She claimed her prize at lottery headquarters Thursday in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $96,826.
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