Lottery player wins $837,000 jackpot in North Carolina. Where was lucky ticket sold?
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UPDATE: On April 30, North Carolina lottery officials said a player had come forward to claim the jackpot prize. Read more about the winner’s story here.
The original story is below.
A lottery player is in for a big surprise after hitting the jackpot in North Carolina.
The person bought a Cash 5 game ticket that matched all five numbers picked in the April 27 drawing. That means the ticket is worth $837,187, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on its website and on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The winning numbers: 11-20-21-26-28.
So, where did the player buy the lucky ticket? It was sold at the Jiffy Quick store on Sloop Avenue in Kannapolis, a roughly 30-mile drive northeast from Charlotte.
The person beat 1-in-962,598 odds to score the top prize in the rolling jackpot game, which offers tickets starting at $1.
Just before 11 a.m. April 29, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email that no winner had come forward. The state gives lucky ticket holders about six months to claim their prizes in drawing games.
This story was originally published April 29, 2024 at 2:42 PM with the headline "Lottery player wins $837,000 jackpot in North Carolina. Where was lucky ticket sold?."
