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Miami Herald
18-04-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lucky lottery player scores major jackpot prize from $5 online game in NC
A North Carolina woman scored big jackpot prize from an online lottery game entry that she bought for $5, officials said. Misty Bridges, of Wagram, won a top prize worth $780,794 in the Magic Winnings Vegas game, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in an April 17 news release. This is the first top level jackpot to be won in the game, which includes a progressive jackpot that grows as more people play, according to lottery officials. Bridges' odds of winning that prize were 1 in 12.9 million, the lottery said. The Magic Winnings Vegas game cost between 50 cents and $30 to play and has an overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.75, according to the game's web page. The new estimated jackpot as of April 18 is more than $180,000. Wagram is about a 100-mile drive southeast from Charlotte.
Miami Herald
14-04-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player spends $5 — and wins a huge jackpot prize in North Carolina
A lottery player spent $5 on a ticket — and won a prize worth celebrating in North Carolina. On April 13, the player bought a Magic Winnings Vegas ticket that won the game's top prize, making it worth more than $780,000, the North Carolina Education Lottery told McClatchy News via email. Magic Winnings Vegas is a progressive jackpot game that offers online lottery tickets starting at 50 cents. To win the top-tier 'Alakazam' jackpot prize, a player must match several digital icons, per the lottery's website. A spokesperson previously told McClatchy News the lottery can't pinpoint where players are when they buy their tickets for digital instant games. But lottery officials know the $780,794 winner lives in Raeford, a roughly 80-mile drive southwest from Raleigh. As of early April 14, the lucky ticket holder hadn't claimed their prize. The winner has about six months to cash in, according to game rules. The jackpot win came during a lucky weekend in North Carolina. Another online lottery player scored $100,000, and someone else bought a ticket worth $60,414, lottery officials wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
