Nov. 13 (UPI) — A North Carolina couple who have been using the same set of lottery numbers for 26 years learned the exact value of patience: $366,673.<\/p>\n
Terry Coggeshall of Durham told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he and his wife have been dedicated players of the Cash 5 drawing, and they are committed to their numbers.<\/p>\n
“These are my wife’s numbers that we’ve been playing for 26 years,” Coggeshall said. “We started playing them in Florida when we lived there.”<\/p>\n
Coggeshall said he used those familiar numbers when he bought his Cash 5 ticket for Wednesday’s drawing at the Harris Teeter store in Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n
Coggeshall said his wife was watching TV on Wednesday when the numbers were announced.<\/p>\n
“I was in the La-Z-Boy as she was standing there watching,” he said. “And she started screaming. She goes, ‘I won, I won!’ And I go, ‘What?!'”<\/p>\n
The couple said they had “gotten close a few times,” but Wednesday’s $366,673 prize is the first jackpot they have won with their lucky numbers.<\/p>\n
“We never really thought that we’d get all of that,” the man said. “I can’t wait to see my wife’s face when she looks at the check.”<\/p>\n
Coggeshall said the jackpot will allow the pair to live more comfortably.<\/p>\n
“It takes a lot of stress off. It’ll be a good amount to put away to help with retirement,” he said.<\/p>\n
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