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A couple wins the jackpot — after playing the same set of numbers for 26 years

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A couple who has been playing the same set of numbers for 26 years has finally hit the jackpot!

Terry Coggeshall of Durham and his wife took home over $366,000 last week after winning the Cash 5 jackpot

“These are my wife’s numbers that we’ve been playing for 26 years,” Coggeshall is quoted as saying in a statement from NC Education Lottery. “We started playing them in Florida when we lived there.”

The winning ticket was purchased from a grocery store in Chapel Hill.

The couple received $259,425 after taxes.