Wake County man will buy a new car with $100,000 second-chance lottery win

Fuquay-Varina resident Roger Lundy has wanted a new car for years and, after winning a $100,000 top prize in a second-chance drawing, now he can get one.

“We really need a new car,” he said. “We might get a Hyundai Palisade.”

Lundy won his lucky prize in the Season-End Extravaganza second-chance drawing on Wednesday. The drawing had more than 4.2 million entries.

“This was the biggest drawing for the whole year so I threw a bunch of extra points in there,” he said.

Lundy told his wife he won after he got an email notification Thursday morning.

“She thought I was pulling her leg,” Lundy laughed. “We are both thrilled.”

He arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to claim his prize and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,500.

The Season-End Extravaganza drawing awarded three North Carolina lottery players with a $100,000 prize. The other two prizes have not been claimed yet.