Charlotte man celebrates $110,000 Cash 5 jackpot

December 15, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:16 PM

Eric Stajos of Charlotte took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $110,000 jackpot in Friday’s drawing.

Stajos purchased his lucky Quick Pick ticket using Online Play on the lottery’s website. He matched all five white balls in the drawing to win the jackpot.

Stajos arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $78,111.

Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through a retail location or 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.

The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598. Thursday’s jackpot is $232,000.

12 COMMENTS

12/28/2022 04:30 - Patricia B.

I'm that one!!!!!

12/17/2022 09:39 - Anita R.

Congratulations ????

12/17/2022 08:28 - joanie m.

Congratulations Eric my favorite game cash 5

12/17/2022 09:44 - Shannon M.

Congrats to all the winners. Why come the Pick 3 and 4 is not allowed online? I work and it's hard to get to the store at the required time to purchase, and I prefer to play that day vs future draws. Also, it would be nice if the Double Play and Easy Match is allowed online. I know that the game developers state that it would be easier in the Retail store to play the add-ons, but if I can play the actual game online, why would it be hard to implement the add-on options online, and what is the reason why it would be easier at the retail store vs. online? You have not provided a reason why it would be easier to play in the retail store vs. online.

12/17/2022 07:48 - Tim F.

I'm with the person wanting to be able to add the other 2 options to Cash5 online play. Sometimes going to a retailer is difficult especially when working around shift changes & attitudes. Some retail store staff are kess than thrilled to handle lottery transactions so we mainly buy online.

12/16/2022 01:45 - Yvonne b.

Congratulations Merry Christmas and a Happy 2023

12/16/2022 10:29 - Troy W.

Please, please...all I want for Christmas is an app that will accept my $5 Super Loteria tickets when I scan them. Multiple tickets from multiple stores from multiple books, and I cannot get them to scan. They all say, "Invalid Ticket Submission," but all of my other tickets scanned just fine.NC Lottery
Hi Troy, I'm sorry that your Loteria ticket wont scan! Please call our 24/7 Online Play support number 866-934-0289. They should be able to take your account and ticket information and figure out what is going wrong.

12/16/2022 07:47 - Roger K.

Wow! Congratulations on your big win! Looks like I'm going to start playing on line. Going to take another look at it, how to play on line.

12/15/2022 10:18 - Candice W.

Congratulations

12/15/2022 09:32 - MICHAEL B.

Wonderful!!!!

12/15/2022 05:41 - Josue C.

Shame on how much taxes you have to pay for a small amount of winning,

12/15/2022 03:28 - Tawana H.

Hi NCEL why can't we initiate the Easy Match or the Double Play on the online game? NC Lottery
Hi Tawana, thanks for the feedback! For the time being, the game developers have determined that those add-ons work best at lottery retail locations, but we will pass along your request so that they may consider implementing Easy Match and Double Play in future Online Play updates. Thank you!

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December 15, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:16 PM

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