Kiara Carlton of Winston-Salem said she hopes to use her $110,000 Cash 5 jackpot win to help pay for nursing school.
“I just started working in healthcare and I love it,” Carlton said.
Carlton, 23, currently works as a certified nursing assistant but she said she wants to get her nursing degree.
She bought her lucky $1 Cash 5 ticket for the June 14 drawing from Run-In on Statesville Road in North Wilkesboro.
“I was just astonished,” Carlton recalled. “You never really think that could actually happen to you.”
Carlton said she has lucky numbers she uses whenever she buys a ticket.
“I choose my numbers based on my family’s birthdays,” she said.
Carlton arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect her 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. Friday’s jackpot is $120,000.
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