$1 lottery ticket turns into huge jackpot prize in North Carolina. What to know
A North Carolina lottery player won a huge jackpot prize — but may not know it yet.
The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the Sept. 1 drawing, making it worth more than $875,000, results show.
The winning numbers: 1-10-22-30-43.
The player is set to get richer after spending $1 to play the Cash 5 game online. The person who bought the lucky ticket is from Concord, a roughly 25-mile drive northeast from Charlotte, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote in an email to McClatchy News and on the social media platform X.
Cash 5 is a rolling jackpot game. To win the top prize, a player’s ticket must match all five numbers picked in the daily drawing, rules show.
The winner hit the jackpot on a lucky night in North Carolina. In the Powerball game, lottery players won $2 million and $50,000 prizes, McClatchy News reported.
As of early Sept. 3, the $875,300 prize hadn’t been claimed. In North Carolina, winners of drawing games have about six months to cash in, according to lottery officials.
This story was originally published September 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM with the headline "$1 lottery ticket turns into huge jackpot prize in North Carolina. What to know."
