Kevin Horn of Maggie Valley tried his luck on a Cash 5 ticket and won a $181,893 jackpot.
Horn purchased his winning ticket for the March 3 drawing from the Roadrunner on Dellwood Road in Waynesville.
He claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh.
After required federal and state tax withholdings, Horn took home $128,690.
Carolina Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. Monday’s jackpot is $100,000. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.
Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through Online Play on the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
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