Thankful indeed: Cash 5 drawing produces $1.8 million jackpot win on Thanksgiving Day

Published 2:56 pm Sunday, November 27, 2022

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According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, someone who purchased a $1 Carolina Cash 5 ticket in Raleigh won a $1.8 million jackpot in the Thanksgiving Day drawing.

The lucky winner purchased the ticket through the lottery’s Online Play program, either on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. The win became the third largest in the history of the game.

To win the $1,860,192 jackpot, the ticket matched the numbers on all five balls. The odds of matching numbers on all five Cash 5 balls are 1 in 962,598. The winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim the jackpot.

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The largest Cash 5 jackpot win so far occurred on April 19, 2021 when two Charlotte women split a $2.1 million jackpot.

For details on how money raised by the lottery made an impact in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties in the 2021 school year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.

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