Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Charlotte North Carolina Set To Expire

If you bought a lottery ticket this spring you may want to try to find it. A winning lottery ticket was sold in Charlotte in May and it's about to expire at the end of this week. The Carolina Cash 5 ticket was purchased at Caton’s Grocery on 5416 Statesville Road in Charlotte. It was for the May 13th drawing. The ticket, worth $270,023, will expire this Friday, November 10th.

While it's not millions or billions I'd gladly take an extra $270 grand pre-tax. So if you have it and think it's not worth redeeming, let me know! The ticket matched all the white balls in the drawing and the numbers of those white balls are:

9-15-17-33-41

The odds of matching all five white balls in a Cash 5 drawing are 1 in 962,598.

To claim the prize, the ticket must be presented at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. The winner has until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13 to present the ticket. While the ticket expires Nov. 10 the lottery office is closed that day for Veteran’s Day, so the winner will have one additional business day to claim the prize. This is in accordance with the 180 days winners are given to claim winnings. So you may want to dig through that drawer, check the glove box in your car, and find that purse you haven't used since May. It may pay off for you with that winning lottery ticket.

May the odds be in your favor!

There are some states that are luckier than others. There is no doubt about it. North Carolina made the list of 15 lucky states in the United States, according to OLBG. Everyone has fantasized about winning the lottery, whether it's the Mega Millions or the Powerball. Whether you're planning a lavish vacation, buying a house, treating a loved one, giving to charity, or all of the above, when we buy a ticket we always have a little bit of hope and our imaginations go wild when we hear about the unclaimed winning ticket...

When it comes to winning big on the lottery, which states are the luckiest? To determine where in America has the greatest likelihood of winning the big bucks, OLBG analyzed all lottery winners in the U.S. with a jackpot of $300 million or more. You can see the top 15 states below.

California was ranked 12th luckiest state despite having the highest number of big lottery winners, primarily because the state has such a large population that there are very few lottery winners, and the average winning ticket for a California winner is only $190.5 million.

North Carolina has won a whopping $1.1 billion between both lottery winners, making its average winning ticket $550 million, the highest in the country. As a result of its higher population, North Carolina didn't quite capture the title by itself, with a lower percentage of its population winning than New Hampshire.

In terms of lottery jackpot winners, New Hampshire and North Carolina share the gold for the luckiest states. Residents in New Hampshire have won a total of $693.7 million, which is an average of $346.85 million per winning ticket. As one of the states with the highest percentage of people who have won over $300 million, New Hampshire has the third smallest population.