RALEIGH, N.C. — Daniel Brandenburg of Huntersville took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $182,073 jackpot in Fridayβs drawing.
Brandenburg purchased hisΒ lucky Quick Pick ticket with Online Play using the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.Β He matched all five white balls in the drawing to win the jackpot.
Another lucky ticket purchased byΒ Cedric Bass of KannapolisΒ also matched all five white balls so Brandenburg received half of the $364,146 jackpot.Β
Bass purchased hisΒ lucky ticket from the Han-Dee Hugoβs on North Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis.
After required state and federal tax withholdings, they each took home $129,730.
The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598. Wednesdayβs jackpot is $231,000.
Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through a retail location or Online Play, either through the lotteryβs website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night.
Ticket sales from draw games such as Cash 5 make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $15.6 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cabarrus County last year, visitΒ www.nclottery.comΒ and click on the βImpactβ section.
