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The North Carolina Education Lottery has announced a big win by a Pitt County woman.

According to a news release from NCEL, a family vacation led Winterville resident Claudette Cox to play her grandchildren’s birthdays as her Cash 5 numbers, a decision that led to a $569,347 jackpot win.

“We had just gone on vacation together as a family and had such a great time so I just decided to use their birthdays for my numbers,” she said.

Cox bought her $1 ticket from the Harris Teeter on East Fire Tower Road in Greenville. She watched the Cash 5 drawing live to see if she won.

“I started to run around the house,” she recalled. “I was like pinching myself because I couldn’t believe it was really happening to me.”

Cox claimed her prize at lottery headquarters on July 8 in Raleigh and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $407,084. She said she has not decided how to spend the winnings aside from putting some in the bank, noted NCEL.

For details on how funds raised by the lottery made an impact for education programs across the state last year, go to nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

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