RALEIGH, N.C. — A Cleveland County woman has won $100,000 after purchasing a Powerball ticket.
Cerese Feagans said she brought a Quick Pick ticket for the March 18 drawing using Online Play. She then matched the numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000. Her prize doubled to $100,000 when the 2X multiplier hit.
She said before her win, she had briefly given up on playing the Powerball.
“I really had decided I was going to stop playing because I just decided I wasn’t lucky,” Feagans said. “But I guess I was wrong.”
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She said she received an email that she needed to claim her prize, but she had no idea how much she won until she checked the number online.
“I was absolutely speechless. Which is pretty funny because I talk so much. I’ve finally stopped pinching myself,” she said.
Feagans claimed her prize Monday, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,251. She said she plans to invest her winnings and continue to, “live within my means.”
Monday’s Powerball drawing offers a $145 million jackpot or $71.1 million in cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
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