Lottery player wins big jackpot prize in North Carolina. Where was ticket sold?
A lottery player is set to get much richer after hitting the jackpot in North Carolina.
The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the April 24 drawing, making it worth $172,302, results show.
The winning numbers: 5-9-16-26-34.
The lucky ticket was sold at Saturn Petroleums Inc. in Charlotte, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. A Google Street View search shows a gas station at the business’ address on Little Rock Road.
Cash 5 is a rolling jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. To score a jackpot prize, a player’s ticket must match all five numbers picked in a drawing, rules show.
As of 1:30 p.m. April 25, the prize hadn’t been claimed. In North Carolina, winners of drawing games have about six months to cash in, lottery officials wrote on their website and in an email to McClatchy News.
