Joseph Barker of Madison took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $185,330 jackpot on Monday.

Barker bought his lucky ticket from Xpress Mart on West Harrison Street in Reidsville. His Quick Pick ticket matched all five numbers to win the jackpot. The odds of matching numbers on all five balls are 1 in 962,598.

Barker claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $132,048.

Cash 5 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Friday’s Cash 5 jackpot is $148,000.

Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.8 million a day on average for education. For details on how $4.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Rockingham County in 2022, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.