Catawba County Woman Collects $155,902 Cash 5 Jackpot

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CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. (News Release) — Diane Clark of Hickory tried her luck with a $1 Cash 5 ticket and won a $155,902 jackpot.

Clark’s Quick Pick ticket, purchased at the Murphy Express on Hickory Boulevard in Granite Falls, matched all five numbers in the April 22 drawing. She claimed her winnings Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $110,301.

Carolina Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. Monday’s jackpot is $120,000. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.

Cash 5 is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets through Online Play either through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.

Ticket sales from the Cash 5 game make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education. For details on how $9.2 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Catawba County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.