RALEIGH – Steve Kidd of Ramseur in Randolph County was one of two people whose lucky tickets matched all five numbers in Saturday’s Carolina Cash 5 jackpot to win half of a $566,968 jackpot

Kidd claimed his share of the jackpot, $283,484, on Monday. He purchased his ticket at Quik Chek on Zoo Parkway in Asheboro. After taxes were withheld, he received $192,769.

The other ticket that matched all five numbers in the drawing was sold at the Westview Grocery on Catawba Avenue in Mount Holly in Gaston County. The winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the prize.

Through June 30 of last year, Randolph County players won more than $37 million in lottery prizes and local retailers earned more than $4.6 million in commissions on ticket sales. During the same time frame, Randolph County education programs received more than $25.8 million in lottery funds. By law, those funds pay for teachers’ salaries in grades K-3, school construction, need-based college scholarships and prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds.

To date, the N.C. Education Lottery has raised more than $2.2 billion for these initiatives statewide.