Jodie Smith of Wilmington tried her luck on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $819,879 jackpot.
Smith bought her lucky Quick Pick ticket using Online Play. Her ticket matched all five numbers in the Nov. 17 drawing. She claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $582,197.
Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail store or 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. Thursday’s drawing offers a $464,000 jackpot.
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 $11 million raised by the lottery made a difference in New Hanover County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.