Kathy Lilly of Monroe is celebrating her good fortune after she won a $418,302 Cash 5 jackpot.
Lilly bought a Quick Pick ticket for Thursday’s drawing at the S.P.I. Express 3 on Sikes Mill Road in Monroe.
She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $295,949. Her ticket beat odds of one in 962,598 to win the jackpot.
Cash 5 is a statewide draw game that gives players the chance to win a jackpot every single night. Tickets cost $1 and players can buy tickets at most lottery retailers or through Online Play on the lottery’s website. The jackpot for tonight’s drawing is $100,000.
Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $650 million a year for education. For details on how $16.6 million in lottery funds made a difference in Union County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website. https://www.nclottery.com.