Due to adverse winter weather conditions, the N.C. Education Lottery’s Asheville regional office and claims center will close early today, Thursday, Feb. 20.

The Asheville office will close one hour early at 4 p.m.

The lottery’s Raleigh headquarters and its other regional offices and claims centers in Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Raleigh and Wilmington are now on a normal schedule. All lottery drawings will be held as scheduled.