Fort Mill Man Wins $478K NC Lottery Jackpot With $1 Ticket

Ronald Chiles of Fort Mill scored a $478,336 jackpot on Tuesday. He'd picked up a $1 Cash 5 ticket at a Food Lion in Pineville. Two days later, he showed up at lottery headquarters in Raleigh to claim what he'd won.

“He claimed his prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, Chiles took home $344,450,” lottery officials said, according to the Charlotte Observer.

.The Food Lion on South Polk Street sold the winning ticket.

His numbers? 19, 21, 24, 39, 41. Matching all five balls carries odds of 1 in 962,598.

Chiles has a job in North Carolina and bought his ticket there. What he'll do with the money remains unknown, lottery officials said.

Cash 5 stands as one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players can buy tickets at stores. They can also play through the North Carolina Lottery website or use the official mobile app.

Players must pick five numbers between 1 and 43. If they'd rather not choose, the terminal can do it. Whether Chiles selected his own numbers wasn't disclosed by lottery officials.

Fort Mill sits just across the South Carolina state line. It's about a 20-mile drive south from uptown Charlotte.

The jackpot resets. The next Cash 5 drawing offers $110,000.