The players bought Carolina Cash 5 game tickets that matched all the numbers picked in the drawings on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, meaning each one was worth six figures, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on its website and in an email to McClatchy News.

The winner bought the ticket from a gas station in West Chester, using the Ohio Lottery's auto pick to choose their numbers on the Rolling Cash 5 drawing. The winner scored $252,200 on the drawing and will take home $181,440 after mandatory state and federal taxes totaling 28 percent.

Several lucky Arizona lottery players won big in recent drawings, including two prizes worth $1 million or more on Triple Twist and Powerball games.

Two Powerball tickets sold in Arizona and North Carolina won $1 million each, but just missed the $181 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball,