Nursing assistant used family’s birthdays to win big North Carolina lottery jackpot
The same lucky numbers Kiara Carlton uses every time she plays the lottery finally won her a jackpot in North Carolina.
“I choose my numbers based on my family’s birthdays,” she told lottery officials in a July 1 news release.
Carlton, who works as a nursing assistant and lives in Winston-Salem, bought her lucky $1 Cash 5 Ticket at the Run-In in Wilkesboro, lottery officials said.
She won $110,000 in the June 14 drawing, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Kiara Carlton of #WinstonSalem hopes to use her $110,000 Cash 5 jackpot to pay for nursing school. Her $1 #Cash5 ticket was from Run-In on Statesville Road in North Wilkesboro. “I was just astonished,” Carlton recalled. Congratulations, Kiara! #NCLottery https://t.co/youv0B3KkM pic.twitter.com/hnQziywGjJ
— NC Education Lottery (@nclottery) July 1, 2022
“I was just astonished,” Carlton told lottery officials. “You never really think that could actually happen to you.”
Carlton already has a plan for her winnings, too. The 23-year-old wants to use the money to pursue her nursing degree.
“I just started working in health care and I love it,” Carlton told lottery officials.
After taxes, Carlton took home $78,111, lottery officials said.
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