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High Point Player Claims $100,000 Cash Payday Top Prize
A High Point player claimed a $100,000 Cash Payday top prize after purchasing a $30 scratch-off ticket at a Harris Teeter on Morrison Boulevard in Charlotte.
A $30 scratch-off ticket purchased at a Charlotte grocery store produced a $100,000 top-prize claim for a player from High Point, linking a Guilford County resident to one of the largest prizes available in the North Carolina Education Lottery’s $100,000 Cash Payday game.
The winning ticket came from the Harris Teeter on Morrison Boulevard in Charlotte. The ticket cost $30, and the purchase resulted in a top prize of $100,000 in the scratch-off game.
The prize was claimed at lottery headquarters on Friday, September 11, 2026. That claim date is the event date associated with the winning ticket and payout.
After state and federal tax withholdings, the player received $72,018. The amount represents the payout after those withholdings were taken from the $100,000 prize.
The $100,000 Cash Payday game debuted in March 2026. Its launch included 80 top prizes, with each top prize valued at $100,000.
Fifty-five of the game’s $100,000 top prizes remained to be claimed when the North Carolina Education Lottery published the prize details. The remaining count reflects the status of the game’s top-prize pool at the time the win was announced.
The ticket purchase and the player’s home location were in different parts of North Carolina. The ticket was sold in Charlotte, while the player came from High Point in Guilford County.
The prize details therefore identify both the location where the winning scratch-off was purchased and the county connected to the player. Charlotte is the retail location named for the ticket, and Guilford County is the area associated with the player from High Point.
The North Carolina Education Lottery also reported that Guilford County received more than $32.4 million for education programs in the prior year. That funding figure was provided alongside the information about the scratch-off prize.
The $100,000 Cash Payday game’s remaining top-prize count was 55 when the claim was published. The count does not describe the number of all remaining prizes in the game; it specifically refers to the $100,000 top prizes still to be claimed.
Readers looking for current draw information can consult the latest North Carolina lottery results page. The page provides a place to check current North Carolina lottery results separately from this scratch-off prize claim.