Jose Ponce Rodriguez of Dudley said a dream of buying a home now can become a reality after he bought a $5 scratch-off and won a $200,000 prize.

“I’ve been planning to buy a home and now we have an opportunity to actually do it,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez, a 27-year-old farmer, bought his lucky Cash Payout ticket from Mount Olive Mobile & Tobacco on North Breazeale Avenue in Mount Olive.

“When I saw the prize I just stood for a while looking at it,” Rodriguez said. “I kept saying to myself ‘Is this real?’”

Rodriguez said he wanted to tell his wife the good news as soon as he could.

“I showed her the ticket when I got home and she just started laughing,” Rodriguez said. “She couldn’t believe it was really true.”

Rodriguez arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,021.

Ele disse que, além de comprar uma casa, ele gostaria de ajudar alguns membros da família também.

O pagamento em dinheiro estreou em maio com cinco prêmios de US $ 200.000.Três prêmios de US $ 200.000 ainda precisam ser reivindicados.

As vendas de ingressos de jogos de arranhões possibilitam a loteria para arrecadar mais de US $ 900 milhões por ano para educação.O estado forneceu US $ 24 milhões em doações, usando dinheiro arrecadado pela loteria, para ajudar o Condado de Wayne a construir a nova escola primária de Fremont.Para detalhes sobre outras maneiras pelas quais o Wayne County se beneficia dos fundos da loteria, visite www.nclottery.com e clique na seção "Impacto".