Rochelle Turrentine of Roxboro said she plans to use a $255,184 Cash 5 jackpot to get her dream home.
“It’s a dream come true,” Turrentine said. “I want to get a three-bedroom home so all of my grandbabies can come over.”
Turrentine bought the $1 Quick Pick ticket at the Buy & Go on North West Ephesus Church Road in Chapel Hill. The ticket beat odds of one in 749,398 to win Sunday’s drawing. She checked the numbers Monday morning when she woke up.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God,’” Turrentine said. “I couldn’t believe it.”
Turrentine claimed the jackpot a few hours later at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $179,919.
Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 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.