Wake County man wins $475,492 Cash 5 jackpot

December 13, 2023 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:46 PM

Jonathan Luna of Garner took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $475,492 jackpot.

Luna bought his lucky ticket from Steve’s Mini Mart on West Garner Road in Garner. His ticket matched all five numbers to win the jackpot in the Dec. 8 drawing. The odds of matching numbers on all five balls are 1 in 962,598.

Luna claimed his prize at lottery headquarters Wednesday in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $338,788.

Cash 5 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Wednesday’s jackpot is $163,000.

12 COMMENTS

12/14/2023 10:07 - Vivian p.

Congratulations Johnathan. Enjoy your Winnings. Happy Holidays!!!

12/14/2023 05:11 - Kristi S.

Finally, I got an email from NCEL saying I won!!! I've been entering my tickets on the page since 2015, I finally got picked for one of the 25 prizes to win $100. I'm happy ??. I'm wanting the 100K at the end of the month, 100pts is alot for one drawing. I only entered 10 for this one, so I'm stopping at the 30 entries I have for the 100klK since I've experienced it doesn't take a lot of entries to win. Thanks NCEL.NC Lottery
Congratulations, Kristi! Wishing you lots of luck in the Season End Extravaganza drawing!

12/14/2023 08:07 - Adam R.

Wasn't the luck reward drawing for Money Madness [December 2023 Week 1] yesterday? There's no winners listed on the pageNC Lottery
Hi, Adam! The winners should be showing on the page now - just visit the drawing page, click the drawing date, and select "Winners" to view them. Winners are generally contacted within 48 hours of a drawing and their info is added to the Winners section of the drawing page as they claim, so there can sometimes be a bit of a delay with listing winner names on the page - sorry about that!

12/14/2023 07:04 - David T.

I had 4 numbers in that Dec 8 drawing. So close

12/14/2023 05:04 - Joe S.

Congratulations from Charlotte! :)

12/13/2023 08:29 - Sherry W.

I wonder did you have to wait more then 7 days to get your winnings, I won 800.00 and only got 440.00 and still waiting for it to go to my online banking, playing online seems to be a problem to get your winnings, thinking twice about playing online

12/13/2023 07:36 - Floyd P.

Back-to-back Cash 5 winners from Raleigh with sizable prize money....hmmmm!

12/13/2023 07:20 - Anne Rose M.

Congratulations!

12/13/2023 05:25 - Tarence H.

Like I said before, ALL the winners come from the Charlotte, Raleigh and coastal areas. People west of I-77 don't stand a chance.

12/13/2023 04:28 - Roger K.

Heading out to buy my 5 day draws on cash5 and lucky for life tickets. My special numbers on both tickets for a five day draw,each. Might just throw in a cash5 without the double play, hope that will bring me luck like he did.NC Lottery
We're wishing you lots of luck, Roger!

12/13/2023 04:25 - Roger K.

Lol, WAKE County, Gardner, nc...388,788 sounds nice to me! A dollar and a dream, come true! Lucky rascal.

12/13/2023 03:39 - roberta n.

Congratulations Jonathan. So happy for you and yours.

Wake County man wins $475,492 Cash 5 jackpot

December 13, 2023 Posted by NC Lottery at 2:46 PM

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