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