North Carolina man wins $324,564 lottery jackpot after buying $1 ticket at convenience store

SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Phillip Prince, of Wagram, bought a $1 Cash 5 ticket Sunday and won a $324,564 jackpot, according to an NC Education Lottery news release.

Prince bought his winning Quick Pick ticket from Stop N Go on Caledonia Road in Laurinburg.

His ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing to win the jackpot. Another ticket also matched all five numbers in the same drawing, so Prince received half of the $649,128 jackpot.

The odds of matching numbers on all five balls are 1 in 962,598.

Prince claimed his prize at lottery headquarters Tuesday.

After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $232,065.

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