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Craven County man bags $120,000 jackpot win

By Jonathan LaRowe, NC Education Lottery,

2024-05-23

RALEIGH, N.C. – Marvin Thomas of New Bern took a chance on a $1 Cash 5 ticket Sunday night and won a $120,000 jackpot.

Thomas bought his lucky ticket from Fairfield Fuel Market on Broad Creek Road in New Bern. The odds of matching numbers on all five white balls are 1 in 962,598.

He claimed his prize at lottery headquarters Wednesday in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $85,800.

Cash 5 is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Thursday’s jackpot is $100,000.

For details on how $5.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference for education programs in Craven County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

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