Two men from North Carolina won $1 million prizes. The wins happened in different scratch-off games, but both men made the same choice. They took a lump-sum payout. After taxes, each man walked away with $432,063, according to the NC Education Lottery website.
Jared Smith lives in Fuquay-Varina. He won on a 50X The Cash ticket. Eugene McMillan lives in Riegelwood and collected his winnings from a Jumbo Bucks ticket.
Smith spent $10 on his ticket at Harris Teeter on East Broad Street in Fuquay-Varina. He headed to lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday to get his prize…