Barbara Munford of Hope Mills played the same Cash 5 numbers for six years and it paid off Monday with a $154,168 jackpot.
“My sister convinced me to keep playing those same numbers,” Munford said. “She told me I was going to win one day.”
Munford, a substitute teacher and grandmother of four, said she checked her numbers from Monday’s drawing just after midnight.
“I was like, ‘Oh my god that’s me, that’s me, I won,’” she recalled. “I was so excited.”
Munford then became emotional when she started thinking about the significance of her big win.
“I was in the living room crying,” she said.
She bought her lucky $1 ticket from Lucky Stop on Legion Road in Hope Mills. The odds of matching all five balls are 1 in 962,598.
“I love the Cash 5 now,” Munford laughed.
Munford claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $110,616.
She plans to use her winnings to pay bills.
Cash 5 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Wednesday’s jackpot is $110,000.
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