MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — On May 6, Kevin Wylie of Charlotte bought a few Cash 5 tickets for that nightβs drawing, and the numbers he used from an old scratch-off ticket landed him a $212,757 jackpot.
Wylie, who works as a planner/buyer, bought a scratch-off ticket βmaybe a week before the Cash 5 drawing.β He liked the numbers he saw from the scratch-off and thought they might be lucky, so he repurposed them for the May 6 Cash 5 drawing.
The following morning, he checked the lotteryβs website to see if heβd won. βLet me double check this again,β recalled Wylie of the moment he realized his numbers were a match. βIt was a good feeling.β
He purchased his lucky Cash 5 ticket from the Glen Mart on Glenwood Drive in Charlotte.
Wylie claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday. After federal and state taxes, he took home $150,527.
With his winnings, Wylie said he plans to βpay off some bills.β
Cash 5 is a statewide draw game that gives players the chance to win a jackpot every single night. Tickets cost $1 and players can buy tickets at most lottery retailers or through Online Play on the lotteryβs website or the N.C. Lottery Official Mobile app.
Wednesdayβs Cash 5 jackpot is $110,000.
Ticket sales from draw games like Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $700 million a year for education. For details on how $59.5 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Mecklenburg County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the βImpactβ section.
