Lottery ticket worth more than $300,000 sold in NC and the winner may not know it yet
A winning North Carolina lottery ticket was sold near Charlotte, and it’s possible the buyer may not be aware of it.
The Cash 5 Double Play ticket hit the jackpot Sunday, Jan. 19, during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, the N.C. Education Lottery reports.
It’s worth $332,952, and a winner hasn’t yet come forward, the lottery said in a Jan. 20 social media post.
The ticket was sold at Jerry’s One Stop in the Iron Station community, about a 26-mile drive northwest of Charlotte in Lincoln County.
Iron Station has a population of about 700 people, DATAUSA reports.
Odds of winning a Cash 5 Double Play jackpot are 1 in 962,598, the game says.
Tickets start at $1, and players select five numbers from 1 to 43.
The rolling jackpot starts at $100,000 and keeps growing until someone picks the right numbers.
This story was originally published January 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM with the headline "Lottery ticket worth more than $300,000 sold in NC and the winner may not know it yet."