UNION COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Haya Freitekh, of Waxhaw, took a chance on a $50 scratch-off and won an $8 million top prize.
Freitekh bought her lucky $8 Million Money Maker ticket from the Publix on Providence Road South in Marvin.
She could receive her prize as an annuity of $400,000 per year for 20 years or as a lump sum of $4.8 million. She chose the lump sum of $4.8 million and, after state and federal tax withholdings, took home $3,456,494…