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He used the same numbers for both tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he got home, he showed me the ticket and pulled up the winning numbers on his phone and when I looked at them, I just started crying,&#8221; Constance Cannon told lottery officials.<\/p>\n<p>Luthor and Constance Cannon each won $498,700, taking home $352,830 each after taxes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just amazing that we won this amount of money,&#8221; Constance Cannon said. &#8220;We can pay off our house and pay off our cars and be able to do something for our family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The odds of winning the $1 drawing are 1 in 962,598.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia A North Carolina couple won $997,400 with two identical tickets in the Cash 5 game this week. Luthor Cannon bought the tickets for himself and his wife, Constance, at Yemen Food Mart in Rocky Mount, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release Wednesday. He used the same numbers for both tickets. 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