Timothy Hollis of Stanley matched all five of his numbers to take home the $110,000 jackpot win for the Feb. 6 Cash 5 drawing.
Hollis bought his ticket for $1 from the Circle K on N.C. 27 South in Stanley.
He stopped by lottery headquarters Monday to claim his prize. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $78,375.
Cash 5 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina, including the newly added Pick 3 and Pick 4, where players have the option of buying their tickets through a retail location or 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. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598. Tuesday’s jackpot is $100,000.
Ticket sales from scratch-off games make it possible for the lottery to raise an average of $2.5 million a day for education. For details on how $14.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Gaston County in 2022, visit our “Impact” web page.