George Mitchell of Reidsville said a lucky set of numbers helped him win a $191,185 Cash 5 jackpot.

“I’ve been playing the same numbers for the last five years,” Mitchell explained.

He used them again when he stopped by the Stop N Shop on U.S. 158 East in Reidsville and bought a $1 ticket for Wednesday’s drawing.

“When I heard the numbers I was in disbelief,” Mitchell said. “I didn’t have that ticket with me. I knew the numbers by heart and didn’t need it. I checked again in the morning just to make sure, and even took it to the store to have them check.”

Sure enough the ticket beat odds of one in 749,398 to win the drawing.

He claimed the jackpot Friday. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $134,788. He plans to use some of the money to pay bills.

Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million dollars a year for education. For details on how $4.9 million raised by the lottery supported education programs in Rockingham County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website, https://www.nclottery.com.