{"id":331201,"date":"2021-08-27T18:18:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/couple-hits-nearly-1m-lottery-on-identical-tickets\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T18:18:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:18:06","slug":"couple-hits-nearly-1m-lottery-on-identical-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/couple-hits-nearly-1m-lottery-on-identical-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"#Couple hits nearly $1M lottery on identical tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Couple hits nearly $1M lottery on identical tickets<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Winning the lottery is so nice, but this couple did it twice \u2014\u00a0using identical numbers.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina husband and wife, Luther and Constance Cannon, were seeing double this week when they won almost $1 million in the the North Carolina Education Lottery\u00a0jackpot \u2014 scoring two six-figure checks. <\/p>\n<p>Luther bought two tickets with the same numbers for\u00a0Sunday\u2019s Cash 5 drawing \u2014 one for him and one for Constance at the Yemen Food Mart in Rocky Mount, NC. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, while out grocery shopping, Luther, a technician at Bridgestone Tires, stopped back at the store to check his tickets. He indeed did a double-take upon receiving a prompt of \u201cgo to lottery headquarters.\u201d Then he digested the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>: He and Constance won the combined $997,400\u00a0jackpot. (The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598, according to NC Lottery officials.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he got home, he showed me the ticket and pulled up the winning numbers on his phone,\u201d Constance, a former administrative assistant for the US Army, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nclottery.com\/NewsBlogDetails\/2021\/8\/25\/One-for-me-one-for-you--Nash-County-couple-splits-997400-Cash-5-jackpot\">revealed in a statement<\/a>. \u201cAnd when I looked at them, I just started crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple claimed their prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh \u2014 and split the jackpot of $498,700. They\u2019re netting $352,830 apiece after taxes. <\/p>\n<p>Constance isn\u2019t wasting any time in basking in her good fortune. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing that we won this amount of money,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can pay off our house and pay off our cars and be able to do something for our family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luther shared her positive energy, posting on his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>: \u201cThanking God for another day [and] praying for all my family and friends that we all get the wake up call. Have a blessed day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, commenters on the North Carolina lottery site heaped good wishes on the flush couple: \u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful thing, I\u2019m h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y for them,\u201d said one, while another summed up the couple\u2019s fortuitous fortune: \u201cWhat luck! He has to be the luckiest man ever to win on both tickets. All I can say is wow!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lottery-couple-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Constance Cannon and her husband, Luthor, were shocked to learn their Cash 5 tickets won them a $997,400 jackpot.&#10;&#10;\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d said Luthor. \u201cIt was just amazing to see those numbers,\u201d agreed Constance.&#10;&#10;Luthor purchased two tickets, using his own numbers on each one, for Sunday\u2019s Cash 5 drawing from the Yemen Food Mart on Starling Way in Rocky Mount and gifted one of the tickets to his wife.&#10;&#10;The next day, while out grocery shopping, he stopped back at the store to check his ticket.&#10;&#10;\u201cIt said, \u2018Go to lottery headquarters,\u2019 he told me,\u201d recalled Constance. \u201cWhen he got home, he showed me the ticket and pulled up the winning numbers on his phone. And when I looked at them, I just started crying.\u201d&#10;&#10;The couple claimed their prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. They split the jackpot, and each won $498,700. After required federal and state tax withholdings, Luthor and his wife each took home $352,830.&#10;&#10;\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing that we won this amount of money,\u201d said Constance. \u201cWe can pay off our house and pay off our cars and be able to do something for our family.\u201d&#10;&#10;Carolina Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. Wednesday\u2019s jackpot is $110,000. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.&#10;&#10;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100005992667523\" class=\"wp-image-19266212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lottery-couple-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lottery-couple-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lottery-couple-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d said Luthor. \u201cIt was just amazing to see those numbers,\u201d agreed Constance.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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