By Sarah Tate
A Charlotte woman recently hit it big in the lottery, winning an unbelievable $1 million.
Timiaya Ellison was surprised to learn that she scored one of the two biggest Cash 5 lottery jackpots in the history of North Carolina,
WCNC reports.
Officials with the North Carolina Education Lottery said Ellison purchased her winning ticket at the Circle K on University Boulevard in Charlotte. Another lucky winner in Charlotte got their ticket from a Circle K on John J Delaney Drive in Ballantyne. The two tickets matched all five numbers in the drawing and split the record-breaking $2 million jackpot, the first time in Cash 5 history the prize reached such levels.
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$500 lottery winners score $1 million prize two months later
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Gloria Walls and Gary Daniel, of South Carolina, said they thought they had hit the big time with a $500 lottery prize until they scored a $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket two months later. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Education Lottery
April 21 (UPI) A South Carolina couple who thought they hit the big time with a $500 lottery prize found their lucky streak wasn t over when they won $1 million just two months later.
Gloria Walls and Gary Daniel, of Clover, S.C., told North Carolina Education Lottery officials they bought a $10 Jumbo Bucks ticket from the Harris Teeter store in Gastonia, N.C.