Christopher Engels of Kannapolis always enters into second-chance drawings and on Wednesday it paid off with a $100,000 top prize win.

“It was just the right place, right time,” Engels said.

Engels won his lucky prize in the Season End Blowout drawing. The drawing had more than 5 million entries.

“I was definitely happy and excited,” he said. “Now I can tell people I won something really big.”

Engels said he has been looking forward to this moment for years.

“For the past two or three years, I’ve been wanting to come to Raleigh but I wanted to win a big prize so I would have a good reason to come here,” Engels laughed.

He arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to claim his prize and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,750.

The Season End Blowout drawing awarded three North Carolina lottery players with a $100,000 prize. One prize remains to be claimed.