Jeanette King lottery win turned a $20 scratch-off ticket into the first $1 million top prize in Jackpot Millions. King of Greenville bought the ticket at Harris Teeter on Evans Street in Greenville and arrived at lottery headquarters on Monday to claim it.
Jackpot Millions on Evans Street
The new game debuted this month with three top prizes of $1 million, and King’s ticket was the first to hit. Two $1 million prizes still remain, which leaves the game’s top end partly untouched even after the first winning ticket came in.
King faced a choice between an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years and a lump sum of $600,000. She chose the lump sum, which made the advertised $1 million prize only the starting point for the payout discussion, not the amount she could actually collect.
Jeanette King on Monday
After required tax withholdings, King took home $432,066. That gap between the prize headline and the final check is the practical detail other players watch most closely: the ticket price, the payout option, and the tax treatment all shape what a top prize really means in hand.
For a winner, the next step is simple: claim the prize and decide how to take it. For everyone still holding a Jackpot Millions ticket, two top prizes are still waiting.
