RALEIGH — 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.
“I woke up my wife screaming, ‘Get up, we won,’” Kemp laughed. “I probably woke the neighbors too.”
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Kemp bought his lucky $1 ticket from the BP on Idlewild Road in Indian Trail.
“I’m still shaking,” Kemp said. “It was an exciting moment.”
Kemp said he uses family birthdays to pick his Cash 5 numbers.
“I’ve been using them for a long time and it paid off,” he said.
After taxes, he took home $78,653.
Kemp said he plans to pay some bills, give some money to his kids, and possibly take a trip to California.