Holiday starts with two big jackpot wins

July 4, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 11:01 AM

Two lucky lottery players, one in Elm City and the other in Haywood County, started the Fourth of July holiday by winning big jackpots.

The Elm City winner bought a $1 Outlaw’s Loot digital instant ticket and instantly won a Grand Fortune jackpot of $4,703,151 jackpot on Thursday. The odds of that win were 1 in 50 million.

Outlaw’s Loot is a multi-state digital instant game offered now by three lotteries – the N.C. Education Lottery and the Virginia and Pennsylvania lotteries. After Thursday’s big win, the jackpot reset at $150,000 and continues to climb.

The second win occurred when someone won the $318,544 jackpot in Thursday’s Cash 5 drawing. The lucky winner purchased the ticket at the Maggie Valley Mart on Soco Road in Maggie Valley in Haywood County.

The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598. The jackpot for tonight’s Fourth of July drawing will be $100,000.

Both winners have 180 days to claim the prize.

For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.

17 COMMENTS

7/08/2025 07:02 - Miranda P.

Congratulations Mom of four children. Starting a great foundation is a wonderful Blessings tfor you and your babies. May the Lord cover your winnings. Love to shto that lovely family home, not huge, just warm and a place to call "home for you and your family " Loce you!!!

7/07/2025 06:58 - Henry D.

Congratulations big winners. Spread the Luck this way!!!

7/07/2025 04:14 - Angela A.

@NCEL this is great, but why has there not been any other BIG WINS on the none progressive games for the lower price ranges? Like the $2500 for .50 or the $5000 for $1? I have been playing still day one and yet to get a prize like that and have lost a ton of money doing so!NC Lottery
Hi, Angela! We see lots of big winners in those amounts, but we generally only post blog stories about $100,000+ wins from Digital Instants, as those winners would come into Lottery HQ to claim. Wins of $5,000 or more are public info in NC, and if you wanted more info about wins, you can submit a public records request at https://records.lotterync.net.

7/07/2025 04:07 - MICHAEL B.

Congratulations, God bless.

7/07/2025 12:38 - Walter H.

Does the lottery publish which of the larger non-jackpot Digital Instant wins are still available (like $100,000 wins?). I know you do this for scratches, and it would be great to see this for online games too, as maybe some of the large wins for particular games are already won? Thanks!NC Lottery
Hey there, Walter! There isn't a winner page on our site (though we hope to have this in the future!) for smaller Digital Instants wins, but you can tune in to our Facebook and Instagram pages to see weekly posts about big winners!

7/07/2025 12:33 - Denver G.

So I guess I'm the D A of the day. I just spent bought 4 LFL for $8 on 1 purchase and once again did NOT get my 3 free LFL tickets!!!!!NC Lottery
Hi, Denver! We're sorry you didn't receive your promotional offer as expected. If you reach out to our Online Support team at https://nclottery.com/Help, they can look into this further and see what happened, and work to get this resolved for you ASAP.

7/07/2025 11:03 - Denver G.

Hey LZ, I just purchased a MM ticket & PB ticket with multiplier for a total of $8 in one purchase online. I did not get my 3 free LFL tickets!!!

7/07/2025 07:14 - Beverly R.

Only one of the top prizes for an old $5 game, $400,000 Jackpot, has been won. Just FYI if you see this ticket buy a couple. The tickets are usually found in convenience stores.

7/06/2025 05:32 - Javier M.

Congratulations, God bless.

7/06/2025 12:55 - Berry B.

WTG

7/06/2025 05:15 - Billy B.

Congratulations

7/06/2025 01:31 - Kamryn L.

That's so amazing! Congrats!

7/06/2025 12:10 - Yvette D J.

Congratulations to the winners ????????

7/05/2025 04:37 - komal v.

Congratulations?

7/04/2025 11:35 - Paula F.

Congratulations ????

7/04/2025 04:53 - Mario D.

Hello, how do we know which online games are multi state and which are not? I have searched everywhere on the site and can't find that information. NC Lottery
Hi Mario D., Super Spin Jackpot games like MONOPOLY and Outlaw's Loot are multi-state Digital Instant games. Thanks and Good Luck!

7/04/2025 03:09 - William G.

Good luck ??

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