Andrew Stock of Durham became one of two lucky winners to score a share of a $282,218 Cash 5 jackpot.
Stock purchased his Quick Pick ticket for Thursday’s drawing at the Sheetz on Corporate Center Drive in Raleigh.
His ticket was one of two that matched all five numbers, splitting the $282,218 jackpot. The other winning ticket was purchased at the Food Lion on Sunset Road West in Charlotte. The winner has 180 days to claim their prize.
Stock claimed his half of the jackpot, $141,109, Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $99,835 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
Carolina Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. Friday’s jackpot is $100,000. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.
Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through Online Play either through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
Ticket sales from draw games such as Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $12.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Durham County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.