March 20, 2014 By NCEL
“I almost hit the floor when I saw I had won,” Vickie Richmond said. “I kept looking at it to see if it was really real. I couldn’t sleep because I was afraid it was a dream.”
March 19, 2014 By NCEL
Gersain Gomez Perez of Marshville scratched off his $10 Color of Money ticket and couldn't believe his eyes. “I said to my friends, ‘Can you check this? I think I won $1 million!’” he said. “They were excited. To this moment I still can’t believe it.”
March 17, 2014 By NCEL
Some might say Tony Summerlin has “the luck of the Irish.” After winning $100,000 in July of 2012, the Granite Falls man claimed a $150,000 prize on Monday. Summerlin won playing a $5 Green & Gold ticket.
March 17, 2014 By NCEL
“It really is hard to believe," Tracy Sheils said. "We checked and double-checked the numbers on the phone, the TV and the computer. Then we triple-checked.”
March 17, 2014 By NCEL
Linda Rice is the latest player to win the top prize in the $250,000 Cash Money game.
March 17, 2014 By NCEL
Mauro Oliveira, a health insurance manager from Miami Lakes in Florida, says he plans to take a trip after winning the Feb. 22 jackpot.
March 13, 2014 By NCEL
Stephen Wright of Charlotte is the second person to claim one of two $2 million Powerball prizes won in the March 1 Powerball drawing.
March 13, 2014 By NCEL
Cindy Reeves, a stockroom clerk from Wilmington, won her big prize playing the new $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular game.
March 12, 2014 By NCEL
“I wasn’t wearing my glasses," John Ames said. "So the numbers looked fuzzy but awfully familiar. I ran upstairs to get my glasses and to tell my wife. We couldn’t believe it.”
March 10, 2014 By NCEL
Joe and Toni Thomas moved to Wilson ten years ago to enjoy retirement together. After Joe scratched off a $150,000 instant prize Saturday morning, the couple says they will relish retirement even more.