The woman said she realized she won more than she initially thought. “At first, we thought I’d just won the jackpot, but then we realized I’d won another $250,000 on top of that. It still feels surreal,” she said. In total, the woman won $498,607, according to lottery officials. She said she plans to buy a home with her winnings.

“I woke up my wife screaming, ‘Get up, we won,’” Thomas Kemp told the North Carolina Education Lottery. “I probably woke the neighbors too.” Kemp celebrated his $110,000 windfall one morning after he tried his luck on the Cash 5 game. As usual, family members’ birthdays inspired the numbers he picked for the drawing.

A 21-year-old Michigan woman says winning a $498,607 Jumbo Jackpot Slots Fast Cash progressive jackpot prize feels surreal.

The Baltimore County man bought two scratch-off tickets at a Baltimore liquor store, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Sept. 23 news release. As the man scratched his $100,000 Ca$h ticket inside the store, he noticed a “win” symbol, lottery officials said. Tickets for the $100,000 Ca$h game cost $30.

I woke up my wife screaming, ‘Get up, we won!’ I probably woke the neighbors, too.” That’s how Thomas Kemp said he reacted to winning a $110,000 jackpot. “I’m still shaking,” Kemp said. “It was an exciting moment.

Thomas Kemp, of Indian, Trail started celebrating after he checked his Cash 5 ticket early Thursday morning and realized he won a $110,000 jackpot, officials with the N.C. Education Lottery announced on Monday.