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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘Total shock': North Carolina woman plans to travel with $461,435 win
Cynthia Karcher, of Raleigh, said she has several places she wants to visit after winning $461,435, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. 'I would like to take a trip to Greenland, Australia and New Zealand,' she said. North Carolina grandmother wins $1 million after buying scratch-off at convenience store: 'Really good thing for us' Karcher played a $.50 ticket on May 4 and won the top level 'Epic' jackpot in the Wheel of Bonuses game, a digital instant game featuring a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. The odds of that win are 1 in 62 million. 'I was in total shock,' she said. 'I always had hope, but I never hoped for something like that.' Karcher said the timing of the win works out great since she is now retired. 'This is just a lovely amount at this time in my life,' Karcher said. She claimed her prize Friday at lottery headquarters. After required federal and state tax withholdings, she took home $331,080. In addition to traveling, Karcher plans to remodel her bathroom and put the rest in savings. Watch lottery drawings on FOX8! Mega Millions airs at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Powerball airs at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The NC Lottery airs at 11:22 p.m. every night. You can also find the lottery results online on the FOX8 website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
12-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Huge jackpot winner comes forward with NC lottery ticket that only cost 50 cents
It took a week, but the mystery person who won $461,435 on a 50-cent ticket in the North Carolina Education Lottery has come forward to claim her money. Cynthia Karcher of Raleigh beat odds of 1-in-62 million when she won the jackpot in Wheel of Bonuses, a digital game with a jackpot that grows until someone wins, lottery officials said in a news release. She picked up her money at lottery headquarters on Friday, May 9, and the prize came to $331,080 after state and federal tax withholdings, officials said. The win came at just the right time because Karcher is retired and has time to enjoy spending an unexpected windfall of cash, officials said. So what's her big plan? 'I would like to take a trip to Greenland, Australia, and New Zealand,' Karcher told lottery officials. A timetable for those trips was not revealed, but in the meantime Karcher revealed she has a far less ambitious idea — to remodel her bathroom, lottery officials said. Anything leftover will go into savings, she told officials. Wheel of Bonuses is played exclusively online, and tickets range from 50 cents to $30. The jackpot restarts at $50,000 when someone wins, officials said.
