Greensboro shopper wins $5 million on scratch-off at Walmart
Jonathan Craver turned a $30 scratch-off bought at the Walmart on Battleground Avenue into a $5 million Greensboro prize. He took the lump sum and left with a little more than $2.16 million.
Jonathan Craver of Stoneville turned a routine stop at the Walmart on Battleground Avenue in Greensboro into a $5 million payday after buying a 200X The Cash scratch-off for $30. He was still walking through the store when the prize sank in, after scratching the ticket inside the Walmart and seeing the word million.
The North Carolina Education Lottery said Craver claimed the first $5 million top prize in the current 200X The Cash game at lottery headquarters. The game debuted in November with three $5 million top prizes and six $100,000 prizes, and after Craver’s claim, two $5 million prizes and three $100,000 prizes remained unclaimed. The ticket’s overall odds are 1 in 3.01.
Craver had a choice between taking $250,000 a year for 20 years or a lump sum of $3 million. He chose the lump sum and took home a little more than $2.16 million after required taxes. He said he plans to buy some land and provide for his family, giving the win a practical end beyond the size of the jackpot.
The Greensboro prize also fits a pattern local lottery players know well. In June 2022, Torrance Person of Greensboro won $5 million on another 200X The Cash ticket after buying it in High Point. Person also chose the lump sum and took home $2,130,309 after taxes, showing how the same game has already produced multiple seven-figure outcomes tied to Guilford County.
Battleground Avenue gives the win added local weight. The corridor is one of Greensboro’s busiest retail strips, and a big-box store there became the place where a neighboring county resident picked up a life-changing ticket. For Walmart, the win adds a burst of attention to a store that serves a steady stream of everyday shoppers; for Greensboro, it turns a normal purchase into a story that will travel well beyond the county line.
The lottery says scratch-off sales generate more than $900 million a year for education, and education programs in Rockingham County received $5.1 million in lottery support last year. In a region where retail trips and state-funded school dollars rarely overlap in the same story, this one did both at once.
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