RALEIGH – The purchase of a $1 Cash 5 ticket turned into a $159,155 win for Roby Frank of Lexington.
Frank’s good luck came with a ticket he bought during a stop in Maxton at the Sun-Do Cabinet Shop on Cabinet Shop Road. His Quick Pick ticket beat odds of one in 749,398 to win Sunday’s jackpot.
Frank claimed the prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $112,209.
Cash 5 is a statewide draw game that gives players the chance to win a jackpot every single night. Tickets cost $1 and players can buy tickets at most lottery retailers or through Online Play on the lottery’s website, www.nclottery.com.
Cash 5 jackpots normally start at $50,000, but during the month of August the lottery is starting the jackpot at $100,000 as part of a special $100K Days promotion. Someone who bought a ticket at Express Stop II on Gibbon Road in Charlotte won the $100,000 jackpot Wednesday on the first night of the promotion. Tonight’s jackpot will again be $100,000.
Ticket sales from draw games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million dollars a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.
