Lottery player wins top prize in North Carolina — for a second time this summer

A North Carolina woman won a top lottery prize and marked her second big win of the summer, officials said.

Jennifer Kleinendorst, of Willow Spring, won a $2 million top prize from a 100X The Cash scratch-off, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in an Aug. 5 news release.

In June, Kleinendorst also won a grand prize worth $250,000 in the 2025 Multiply The Cash Second Chance draw game, according to lottery officials.

She bought her second top prize-winning ticket for $20 at a convenience store in Fuquay-Varina, about a 166-mile drive northeast from Charlotte, lottery officials said.

The odds of winning the top prize in 100X The Cash — which began in January — are 1 in 1,540,530, according to the game’s web page.

There are two out of four top prizes left to be claimed, according to the lottery.

Natalie Demaree

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Natalie Demaree is a service journalism reporter covering Mississippi for McClatchy Media. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s in journalism and political science with a specialization in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas.