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woman wins jackpot $500,000 in North Carolina

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A North Carolina woman won a $501,544 Cash 5 prize after a voice motivated her to enter a lottery drawing just minutes before ticket sales closed.

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"It was late at night and I was lying in bed, and the spirit just told me to go online and buy one," Israel told the North Carolina Lottery.

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"I think I scared my family a little bit." The 39-year-old player, who prefers online play for the convenience, bought her Quick Pick Cash 5 ticket using Online Play

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There was only four minutes left until the drawing." With the ticket safely purchased in time, she dozed off for the night and checked her email the next morning.

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Stephanie Israel of Browns Summit described an urge to buy a lottery ticket late at night on Sat., Oct

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Our boys already have a landscaping business." Israel beat the 1 in 962,598 odds of winning the Cash 5 rolling jackpot.

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She visited Lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Monday to collect her prize, which came out to be $356,147 after taxes.

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Israel said her family is full of entrepreneurs, so the winnings will be invested in her family's future and potentially some new ventures.

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Israel said her family is full of entrepreneurs, so the winnings will be invested in her family's future and potentially some new ventures.

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