Family Numbers Deliver $130,000 Cash 5 Jackpot to Red Springs Player

A Red Springs player won a $130,000 Cash 5 jackpot in North Carolina’s September 1, 2026, drawing after matching all five white balls with an Online Play ticket.

The winning play came through the NC Education Lottery’s Online Play platform. The player lives in Red Springs, a community in Robeson County, where the jackpot win was recorded as a North Carolina Cash 5 prize.

The numbers were tied to the player’s family. The selection included the player’s birthday, a child’s birthday and a grandson’s birthday, turning familiar personal dates into the combination that matched all five white balls in the drawing.

The player had considered changing the numbers before the winning drawing. A daughter encouraged the player to keep using them, and the decision to continue with the family-related numbers preceded the $130,000 jackpot.

Matching all five Cash 5 white balls carried odds of 1 in 962,598. The winning ticket therefore met the game’s five-number jackpot requirement in the September 1 drawing through the Online Play purchase method.

The prize was claimed at lottery headquarters on September 8, one week after the drawing. The claim converted the winning ticket into a payment after the applicable state and federal tax withholdings.

The player received $93,613 after those withholdings. The amount received was less than the advertised $130,000 prize because the state and federal deductions were taken before payment.

The winnings are intended for a home improvement project. The player plans to use the money to finish renovating the bathrooms, giving the prize a specific purpose beyond the initial jackpot award.

The win occurred in Robeson County, which has also received nearly $60 million in state grants from lottery-raised funds for a new career and technical center. That grant funding is a separate local investment connected to lottery-raised funds, while the Cash 5 prize went to the Red Springs player who matched the drawing’s five white balls.

Readers looking for current game information can visit the latest North Carolina Cash 5 results page. The September 1 jackpot itself was won through the player’s continued use of family-related numbers and was claimed at lottery headquarters on September 8.