Luther and Constance Cannon won $997,400 with identical tickets in Sunday's Cash 5 drawing. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Education Lottery
"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," Constance Cannon told lottery officials.
Luthor and Constance Cannon each won $498,700, taking home $352,830 each after taxes.
"It's just amazing that we won this amount of money," Constance Cannon said. "We can pay off our house and pay off our cars and be able to do something for our family."
The odds of winning the $1 drawing are 1 in 962,598.
