Jessie Summers of Sanford tried her luck on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won $265,440.
Summers’ lucky ticket came from the Circle K on Spring Lane in Sanford. Her ticket matched all five numbers in the Dec. 24 drawing.
Summers arrived at lottery headquarters on Tuesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $188,489.
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. Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night.
Ticket sales from draw games such as Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education. For details on how $4.3 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Lee County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.