Winning lottery ticket sat in NC woman’s car for over a month before she noticed it
A North Carolina woman drove around with a jackpot-winning lottery ticket in her car for more than a month before she realized how much it was worth.
Tina Edwards, who lives in Greensboro, bought her Cash 5 ticket on the way to dinner with a co-worker in September, she told lottery officials in a Nov. 3 news release.
It wasn’t until Nov. 1, when she was at a different gas station with the same co-worker, that she decided to check her ticket, according to lottery officials.
She had won $653,599, lottery officials said.
“I’ve been in complete shock for the last two days,” she told lottery officials.
She said she had no clue she was “riding around” with the winning ticket, according to lottery officials.
Edwards bought her lucky ticket at the Bestway in Greensboro, according to the release, and matched all five white balls in the Sept. 28 drawing to win the jackpot.
The customer service manager took home $464,121 after taxes and wants to take a family trip to Dubai, she told lottery officials.
Greensboro is about 80 miles northwest of Raleigh.
This story was originally published November 3, 2022 at 3:37 PM with the headline "Winning lottery ticket sat in NC woman’s car for over a month before she noticed it."
