HIGH POINT, N.C. — A $1 million top prize on the Cashword King scratch-off game was won by a High Point man, who bought his $10 ticket at Triangle Food Mart on Hickory Chapel Road, lottery officials said.
Haywood Watlington claimed the prize Friday at North Carolina lottery headquarters, opting for a lump-sum payout of $600,000 instead of a 20-year annuity of $50,000 per year. After taxes, he took home $432,063…