N Carolina couple split jackpot thanks to 2 winning tickets
August 29, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets, a sudden windfall the pair say they will put to good use.
The North Carolina Education Lottery says Luther Cannon bought two tickets for Sunday's Cash 5 jackpot at a convenience store in Rocky Mount. He punched in his numbers and gave one of the tickets to his wife, Constance.
When they saw his numbers won a $997,400 jackpot, Constance Cannon said she started crying.
"It's just amazing that we won this amount of money," she said in a statement issued by the NC Education Lotte...
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