SALISBURY -- A Salisbury man has won $1 million playing a new lottery scratch-off game.

Champakbhai Patel of Salisbury claimed his prize on Tuesday afternoon. The winning $30 ticket he purchased came from Danny's Place, his own convenient store in Rockwell, N.C. The ticket was part of the Ultimate Millions scratch-off game.

Patel chose to take the lump sum of the prize, worth $415,509 after required withholdings.