A last-minute decision to buy a Cash 5 ticket paid off for Linda Denning of Pittsboro with a $369,962 jackpot.
“We were about to leave but my husband decided to go back to buy some Cash 5 tickets for us,” Denning recalled.
She said the decision to return to the store for the ticket felt like fate.
“It was like it was meant to be,” Denning said. “It was meant for us.”
Denning got her lucky $1 Quick Pick ticket from the Breeze Thru on East Street in Pittsboro. Her ticket matched all five numbers in the Feb. 26 drawing to win the jackpot. The odds of matching all five balls are 1 in 962,598.
“I called my son and said, ‘I think I won the jackpot,’” Denning said recalling her winning moment.
She claimed her prize at lottery headquarters Monday and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $265,448.
Denning plans to use her winnings to do some household projects and pay bills.
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 the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Tuesday’s jackpot is $368,000.
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