Johnston County Truck Driver Wins $138,239 Jackpot Haul
CLAYTON, N.C. – Bruce Morgan of Clayton had a feeling he would win big playing the lottery and on May 18 it happened when he won a $138,239 Cash 5 jackpot.
Morgan, a truck driver, bought his lucky $1 ticket using Online Play. The odds of matching all five balls playing Cash 5 are 1 in 962,598.
“I was making a delivery and I pulled over to check my numbers and I was like, ‘Wait a minute, what am I seeing,’” Morgan recalled.
Morgan said he is still processing his big win.
“I still don’t think it has registered,” he said.
Morgan claimed his prize Friday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $99,546.
He plans to use his winnings to pay bills and save.
Education programs in Johnston County received $14.6 million in support from lottery funds last year.
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What does state & county do with their part of money said they give it to schools but the teachers & students & schools are always asking for things saying teachers buy a lot of supplies out of their pocket
It’s going to all the chiefs at home office….not the Indians who actually deserve it.
They probably just keep it in their pockets. Of, all the years since the lottery was created, I haven’t recalled or heard anything about any of the school systems in each county got anything.
Why not have a small percentage of a large lottery divided amount the county school districts? I doubt that the winner should have an issue with that, especially if the winner has children and grandchildren. Having been a substitute teacher for a while, I notice that teachers sometimes the teachers add their own donations to supplement the items necessary gift teacher projects.