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Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery ticket worth $339,000 is sold at North Carolina store. Here's where
A lottery player spent $10 on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in North Carolina. On June 9, the player bought a 50X the Cash ticket that won the game's top prize, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The winner scored $339,703 after trying their luck in Cornelius, a roughly 20-mile drive north from uptown Charlotte. The ticket was sold at the Cashion's Quik Stop convenience store on Statesville Road. 50X the Cash is a Fast Play progressive jackpot game that offers $10 tickets. To score a prize, a player must match at least one of their ticket numbers to a number from a winning set, rules show. As of about 1:45 p.m. June 9, the lucky ticket holder hadn't claimed their prize yet. In North Carolina, the winners of Fast Play games have about six months to cash in, a lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News via email.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Belle Glade man, 19, wins $1 million in $5 Lottery scratch-off game
ROYAL PALM BEACH — A 19-year-old man from Belle Glade has won $1 million in a Florida Lottery scratch-off game, Lottery officials said Friday. Derrell Ray bought his winning 50X the Cash ticket at Chevron, 11711 Okeechobee Blvd., in Royal Palm Beach. He took his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000, the Lottery said. The Chevron station received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket. 50X the Cash, which debuted in January 2024, is a $5 scratch-off game that features 14 prizes of $1 million. The Lottery says players have a 1-in-3.96 overall chance of winning. Scratch-off games accounted for about 74 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2023-2024, and have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Belle Glade man, 19, wins $1 million in $5 Lottery scratch-off game
