Patricia Oliver of Chapel Hill took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket on Sunday and won a $226,671 jackpot.
Oliver bought her lucky ticket using Online Play. Her ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing to win the jackpot. The odds of matching numbers on all five balls are 1 in 962,598.
She claimed her prize at lottery headquarters Thursday and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $162,070.
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 jackpot is $120,000.
For details on how $7.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference for Orange County education programs last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.