BARBERTON, Ohio — Just a month after retiring, Carol Duncan of Barberton just hit big money after winning the top prize worth half a million dollars in the Ohio Lottery’s $500,000 Cashword scratch-off game.
Duncan says she purchased the winning lottery ticket at the Circle K at 344 5th Street in Barberton late one night. She says seeing the $500,000 prize on her winning ticket was mind-blowing.
“I had to keep looking it over and over,” Duncan said. “I thought I won it before, but it was a mistake.”
With her winnings, Duncan plans to buy herself a house, a car and a car for her son, according to a press release from the Ohio Lottery.
$500,000 Cashword is a $10 scratch-off game -- and there’s still one top prize that’s waiting to be won.
Feeling lucky? Here’s a list of all the remaining prizes in $500,000 Cashword as of Aug. 16, according to the Ohio Lottery’s site:
- $500,000 prize: 1 remaining
- $10,000 prize: 14 remaining
- $1,000 prize: 415 remaining
- $500 prize: 549 remaining
- $200 prize: 2,834 remaining
- $100 prize: 8,610 remaining
- $50 prize: 22,084 remaining
- $30 prize: 22,894 remaining
- $20 prize: 122,940 remaining
- $10 prize: 142,154 remaining
The Ohio Lottery says the odds of winning any prize in the $500,000 Cashword game are 1 in 3.69.
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