Hubert Waters III of Kinston is celebrating his good fortune after winning a $355,631 Cash 5 jackpot.

Waters bought the lucky $1 ticket at The Country Store on N.C. 58 South in Kinston. It beat odds of one in 749,398 to win the July 12th jackpot.

He claimed the jackpot Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $250,724.

Cash 5 drawings are held every night. Monday’s jackpot is an estimated $53,000.

Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $600 million a year for education. For details on how $3.6 million raised by the lottery supported education programs in Lenoir County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website, https://www.nclottery.com.