A fortunate North Carolina girl received almost $350,000 on a lottery ticket this week — her second six-figure prize in lower than a yr.
Kathy Noe received a $346,088 jackpot on a $1 Money 5 ticket she bought on the C Co Mini Mart on US 70 in her hometown of Newport, about 90 miles north of Wilmington.
Her ticket matched all 5 numbers within the Aug. 29 drawing to win the jackpot — odds of 1 in 962,598, according to lottery officials.
She claimed the prize at North Carolina Lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Friday.
After federal and state taxes, she took house $247,456 in money.
Noe beforehand received a $100,000 jackpot.
On Tuesday night time, a Mega Thousands and thousands ticket holder won the staggering $800 million jackpot after buying a ticket at a fuel station outdoors of Houston, Texas. The winner has not been introduced publicly.
