Lottery player wins $439,000 prize in North Carolina. Where was the ticket sold?
A lottery player is set to get much richer after winning a jackpot prize in North Carolina.
The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the June 5 drawing, making it worth $439,972, results show.
The winning numbers: 5-12-19-27-35.
So, where was the lucky ticket sold? The winner bought it online in Fayetteville, a roughly 65-mile drive south from Raleigh, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote in an email to McClatchy News and on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Cash 5 is a rolling jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. To hit the jackpot, a player’s ticket must match the five numbers picked in a drawing, per the lottery website.
As of about 10 a.m. June 6, officials said no one had claimed the prize. In North Carolina, the winners of drawing games have about six months to come forward, according to game rules.
