An Evans woman has claimed the top prize in one of the Georgia Lottery’s scratch-off ticket games: $400,000.

Michelle Tanner, of Evans, purchased the $5 “$400,000 Fast Play” ticket at Allen’s Country Store, 4277 Washington Road, Evans, Sunday afternoon, said store owner Paul Dhillon.

A regular customer, Tanner approached Dhillon after scratching off the ticket to show it to him. “Am I looking right?” he said she asked. “Is it $400, or $400,000?”

“It’s $400,000,” Dhillon said he told her.

Tanner claimed her winnings Monday at the Georgia Lottery office in Augusta, receiving an after-tax check for $276,000.

Tanner is the third of six possible winners in the game to claim a prize, said Georgia Lottery spokesperson Kimberly Starks. That means three of the top-prize tickets have yet to be claimed or purchased, she said.

Though Allen’s Country Store doesn’t get a bonus for the sale, the site gains status among players as word of the prize gets out, Starks said.

“They’ll be considered a lucky store,” she said, adding that a customer of Allen’s also won $50,000 in “Fantasy 5” in June. “This is a second big win for his store,” Starks said.

Tanner declined to have a photo taken when she picked up her winning check. Telephone calls to her residence went unanswered.