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'I thought it was an April Fools’ joke': North Carolina man wins $120,000 lottery prize

'I thought it was an April Fools’ joke': North Carolina man wins $120,000 lottery prize
We are really, really excited to be able to make *** few announcements and we're very pleased to see you all today, we're gonna get right to it. The long awaited mystery is now over. The name of the person who is the only player to match all six numbers of the historic Powerball drawing last November is Edwin Castro. We offer our sincere congratulations on this unbelievable and historic win. As you might imagine. Edwin would like to largely remain private. He understands his name is part of the public record and now part of history, but he respectfully declined our invitation to appear publicly with us today, understandably so, but we have one more thing to celebrate today because of this historic jackpot. The California lottery raised *** record breaking amount of money for California public education in just one jackpot sequence. Now, that's what we call *** jackpot sequence, is what we call, when *** jackpot amount keeps growing and growing and the jackpot amount keeps rolling and rolling. As we say in the lottery industry Because of this, just one jackpot, the California lottery raised *** record $156 million November Californians have raised through sales of lottery products. $156.3 million. We're also excited today to announce another big number. There are final figures for our most recent fiscal year, 21, are still undergoing standard of you and audits. The preliminary numbers give us great confidence that the California lottery has raised $2 billion dollars in just one fiscal year alone, for the first time ever for California public education. These numbers represent promises kept since voters created the lottery in 1984 with the explicit purpose and intent to raise supplemental funding for public education. That's our mission, and that's the reason why California lottery exists and the point of pride that our whole team brings to work each and every day. It's why we do what we do and work so hard to do it. Our mission is the foundation of every decision and every piece of our operation.
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'I thought it was an April Fools’ joke': North Carolina man wins $120,000 lottery prize
Related video above: Winner of $2B Powerball jackpot revealed in CaliforniaA North Carolina man won a $120,000 jackpot in Monday’s Cash 5 drawing four years after his father's death, according to North Carolina Lottery officials. Thomas Workman said the game was a father-son tradition.“My dad used to play them and, after he died, I told myself I’m going to keep playing them,” Workman said. He said their mutual love of sports inspired the lucky numbers.“It’s jersey numbers from some favorite players like Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal,” he said.According to lottery officials, the 47-year-old maintenance worker bought his lucky $1 Cash 5 ticket from a grocery store in Winston-Salem. He matched all five white balls Monday night to win the jackpot.“I thought it was an April Fools’ joke,” he said. “I was flipping out a little bit.”Workman said he told his girlfriend many times that he would one day win the lottery.“I truly believe in karma,” Workman said. “I just felt that one of these days, something like this would happen to me.”Workman arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $85,500.He said he will use the winnings to pay off his car and look into buying a home with his girlfriend.The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.

Related video above: Winner of $2B Powerball jackpot revealed in California

A North Carolina man won a $120,000 jackpot in Monday’s Cash 5 drawing four years after his father's death, according to North Carolina Lottery officials.

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Thomas Workman said the game was a father-son tradition.

“My dad used to play them and, after he died, I told myself I’m going to keep playing them,” Workman said.

He said their mutual love of sports inspired the lucky numbers.

“It’s jersey numbers from some favorite players like Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal,” he said.

According to lottery officials, the 47-year-old maintenance worker bought his lucky $1 Cash 5 ticket from a grocery store in Winston-Salem. He matched all five white balls Monday night to win the jackpot.

“I thought it was an April Fools’ joke,” he said. “I was flipping out a little bit.”

Workman said he told his girlfriend many times that he would one day win the lottery.

“I truly believe in karma,” Workman said. “I just felt that one of these days, something like this would happen to me.”

Workman arrived at lottery headquarters Tuesday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $85,500.

He said he will use the winnings to pay off his car and look into buying a home with his girlfriend.

The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598.