Johnston County Man Wins $100,000 Prize In Cash 5 Promotion

CLAYTON – Joseph Joye II of Clayton won a $100,000 top prize in the Cash 5 Bonus Cash promotion.

His good luck occurred Monday in the third drawing for the promotion. Each drawing offers one prize of $100,000 and 40 prizes of $500.

Joye arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,250.

During the promotion, players who spend $5 or more on a single Carolina Cash 5 ticket in a retail location receive an entry into the drawing. Joye purchased his Cash 5 ticket from Sandhu’s on Amelia Church Road in Clayton.

The Cash 5 Bonus Cash Drawing promotion ends Sunday. The final drawing is scheduled for Monday.

Cash 5 tickets are $1 and drawings are held every night. The odds of winning a Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 962,598. Friday’s jackpot is $110,000.

Ticket sales from draw games make it possible for the lottery to raise an average of $2.5 million a day for education. For details on how $14.3 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Johnston County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.