Cumberland County man wins a third of $793,257 Cash 5 jackpot

January 26, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:13 PM

Jeffrey Smith of Spring Lake tried his luck on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won $264,419.

Smith bought his lucky ticket from the Shop N Save on Lillington Highway in Spring Lake. His ticket matched all five numbers in Tuesday’s Cash 5 drawing.

Smith became one of three players to match all five numbers in the drawing so the $793,257 jackpot was split three ways. A second winning ticket came from Cumberland County as well. The ticket was purchased at the Food Lion on Rosehill Road in Fayetteville. The third winning ticket came from the Stop & Go on Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville. Neither ticket has been claimed yet. The winners have 180 days to claim.

Smith arrived at lottery headquarters on Wednesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $187,765.

Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail store or through Online Play, either through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. Wednesday’s drawing offers a $100,000 jackpot.

9 COMMENTS

1/27/2022 03:38 - MORRIS B.

Scott M. C'mon NCEL..Scott M. asked if it was a quick pick ticket. I've seen where you have said where a winner bought his QP ticket at a particular store before. The fact that you said you don't know how he picked his numbers is rubbish. You can see it on the ticket if he quick picked all or at least some of the numbers. If he picked them all his self there is no QP beside the numbers at all. NC Lottery
Hi Morris, we are only allowed to disclose certain winner information unless the winner gives us their permission. Winners often share how they picked their numbers, but in this case they did not choose to do so. Sorry about that.

1/27/2022 02:50 - Denver G.

Hey Scott, I have always heard the computer will not pick the same set of numbers twice. One might have been QP, the other 2 picked their own numbers or all 3 did. I think the same goes for other jackpot games like PB & MM also. I could be wrong or 100% right. It just seems like I read that some where.

1/27/2022 10:55 - Scott M.

Was the winner tickets quick pick tickets ? Just curious to know since we had 3 different winners on the big Cash 5 jackpot. I mean what’s the odds of 3 winning quick pick tickets on the same draw ?NC Lottery
Hi Scott, thanks for asking! Unfortunately, this player did not tell us how they picked their numbers.

1/27/2022 09:45 - Roger K.

Wow! Congratulations to all three winner's. Simply amazing how the same Numbers came out on three different tickets. Three different towns. Good to see it was split up.

1/27/2022 05:35 - Amy G.

Congratulations Jeffrey!

1/26/2022 08:00 - Lela J.

Cumberland county wins again!!!

1/26/2022 06:28 - Kimberly F.

Congratulations to every person who has won the lottery God is so Amazing he makes something out of nothing and he loves when his children give so to all the winners who ahs ever won enjoy that blessing and gift God has given you and give back and be a help and blessing to someone else

1/26/2022 04:46 - Gloria C.

Congratulations to all of you and I wish you all many more wonderful wins.

1/26/2022 04:29 - Rebecca Kay R.

Congratulations to all the winners in the cash 5. I wish I could be so lucky. I was lucky enough to win $100.00 on the Bigger Spin scratch off. Even though it was a long time in happening!NC Lottery
Hey there, Rebecca Kay! Congratulations on the $100 win! We're wishing you lots of luck and hope you'll get an even bigger win in the future!

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Cumberland County man wins a third of $793,257 Cash 5 jackpot

January 26, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:13 PM

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