Alamance County man wins $439,527 jackpot prize a day after buying new home

August 19, 2024 Posted by NC Lottery at 4:23 PM

Benny Murphy of Mebane can pay off his new home using his $439,527 Cash 5 win.

“I closed on a house on Wednesday,” Murphy said. “They made a joke about lower payments if I won the lottery.”

Murphy bought his $1 ticket from Quickmart on U.S. 70 West in Mebane.

Murphy claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $314,262.

He plans to pay off his house, go on a fishing trip, and save some of his winnings.

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. Monday’s jackpot is $130,000.

16 COMMENTS

8/23/2024 09:07 - althea a.

Congratulations to you ????????

8/21/2024 07:37 - Roger K.

Wow, another dollar ticket and a dream did come true! What luck!

8/20/2024 05:21 - NC Lottery

@Elon I. - Hi, Elon! We're sorry about that. If you're planning to be out of town and would like to purchase tickets before you go, you could set up auto-renew to automatically purchase tickets, or you could deposit funds over the course of multiple days to have enough in your account balance to fund a larger purchase all at once. Hope this helps!

8/20/2024 12:51 - michael b.

Why you don't show the top prize winners in the $1 scratch offs and the $2 scratch offsNC Lottery
Hi, Michael! Big wins over $5,000 are subject to NC public information laws, and while we don't have a set place to see just those wins, you can find those winners along with all scratch-off winners on our website here: https://nclottery.com/WinnersScratchOffs.

8/20/2024 11:50 - Sharon W.

Congratulations

8/20/2024 11:08 - Demetrice M.

Congratulations. Wow. What a beautiful blessing. You deserve it brother. Here's to many many more wins for you.

8/20/2024 07:54 - Evon C.

Local win. Congratulations

8/20/2024 02:08 - MICHAEL B.

Congratulations on your win

8/19/2024 10:42 - Tony T.

NCEL...ignore my prev. question about finding that game for extra points, found it !NC Lottery
Thanks for responding back and letting us know, Tony! We're glad you found it. Let us know if we can help with anything else!

8/19/2024 10:36 - Tony T.

gotta be a good feeling to be able to do that, wouldn't know, lol. hey ncel...question please. I just entered #'s off a jr. big ole bucks ticket and the bonus point game on that ticket was taking FOREVER to load, gave up. Used to be I could find where to go back and play for those bonus points later but not seeing how to now...did I just miss out by giving up ? This site is just too darned slow to do anything on it , ya'll need more bandwith or something or maybe I do, maybe we BOTH do !

8/19/2024 09:53 - Vivian p.

Congratulations Benny on your Winnings, your new home, plus now no pymts. Enjoy your fishing trip.

8/19/2024 08:57 - Kittima R.

Congratulations !!

8/19/2024 08:30 - Tom W.

You go EA boy!

8/19/2024 08:01 - Steven B.

What FUN!

8/19/2024 06:23 - Monica S.

Look at God! No payments, Congratulations on your blessing. I'm next In line for a miracle.

8/19/2024 06:03 - Elon I.

Hello NCEL, When I try to set up auto-renewal, I receive an error message stating, "You have exceeded the deposit limit. Reduce the purchase amount to less than $505 per day." For instance, if we purchase 60 tickets daily, the total cost would be 60*7 = 420 per week, which is within the daily limit. However, NCEL charges for two weeks, resulting in a total cost of 840, which exceeds the daily limit of 505. It doesn't make sense to compare the total amount for two weeks against a weekly limit of 505. Many customers who frequently travel outside North Carolina for business are eager to use the auto-renewal option for game purchases. However, they are currently unable to do so due to this issue. Thank you!NC Lottery
Hi, Elon! We responded to this in a new comment above; due to character limits we had to submit the response as a new comment. Thank you!

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Alamance County man wins $439,527 jackpot prize a day after buying new home

August 19, 2024 Posted by NC Lottery at 4:23 PM

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