December 30, 2011 By NCEL
The new Powerball jackpot will start at $40 million, rolling at least $10 million each time it isn’t won. Currently, the jackpot starts at $20 million.
December 29, 2011 By NCEL
Curtis G. Allred of Randleman is one of the owners of three lucky tickets that shared the $543,837 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on Friday, Dec. 23. He says he's glad "everybody had a chance to win some money."
December 29, 2011 By NCEL
The players - from Conover, Durham, Hickory and Granite Falls - won on the ticket they bought at a Granite Falls store in Caldwell County.
December 28, 2011 By NCEL
Monica Y. Wilson of Kannapolis in Cabarrus County will get $150,000 a year for 20 years after winning $3 million in the $200 Million Extravaganza game. She was the fifth and final winner of the game's top prize.
December 28, 2011 By NCEL
Craig Peters is the grand prize winner of the Dec. 21 second-chance drawing in the Wheel of Fortune instant game. He'll get a chance to play for more prizes during a nonbroadcast version of the popular TV game show.
December 22, 2011 By NCEL
Kenneth Roberts, a warehouse worker from Durham, plans to help renovate his parents’ home and travel after winning the $100,000 top prize in the lottery’s Mega Bucks game. Roberts learned of his win on Wednesday.
December 20, 2011 By NCEL
David Hager, a resident of Durham, plans to pay bills and take a tropical vacation after winning the $1 million top prize in the lottery’s Red Hot Millions game.
December 20, 2011 By NCEL
Marvin Pike, a resident of Rocky Mount, is the latest big winner in the lottery’s 10X the Money game. Pike won $100,000 on a ticket he purchased at the Stop N Shop on East Nash Street in Spring Hope.
December 19, 2011 By NCEL
The second half of a $257,790 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot from the Nov. 26 drawing was claimed Monday by a Mooresville woman and a friend from Lancaster, Pa.
December 19, 2011 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery has three new instant games on sale. The new games, launching Tuesday, are called Extreme Green, Sterling Silver and Love to Win.