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March 5, 2013 By NCEL

Zebulon man claims largest single-ticket Cash 5 prize in state history

“The numbers just come to me,” Homer Buffaloe said. “This time felt the same as it did the last time I won it. I guess I’ve always been lucky. Every time I buy a ticket, I feel like I’m going to win.”

March 4, 2013 By NCEL

Three new scratch-off games launching Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, March 5, three new instant scratch-off games will appear in stores. The instant tickets are called Lady Bucks, Rockin’ 5’s and Diamonds 4X.

March 1, 2013 By NCEL

Charlotte woman wins $150,000 scratch-off prize

Halima Forth is the latest player to win $150,000 playing the 10X the Payout game.

February 28, 2013 By NCEL

Greensboro barber to purchase home with $1 million scratch-off prize

“When I saw it said a million, I couldn’t believe it," Teddy Williamson said. "It still hasn’t hit me, really.”

February 26, 2013 By NCEL

Lumberton woman wins $150,000 scratch-off prize

Lumberton resident Wahana Chavis is the second player to claim a $150,000 top prize in the Hot Streak game.

February 25, 2013 By NCEL

Rose Hill man to help immediate family with $750,000 lottery win

“I saw that I had matched the number but I thought I had maybe won five hundred dollars,” Cosme Padilla-Lanza said. “First we’re going to the bank, but then we’re going to celebrate.”

February 22, 2013 By NCEL

Forsyth County man first to win $4 million playing new lottery game

Pfafftown resident Rusty Hunter is the first winner of $4 million in the lottery’s new $4,000,000 Gold Bullion scratch-off game. No one in state history has won a larger guaranteed instant prize.

February 22, 2013 By NCEL

Guilford County woman wins $1,000 a Week for Life scratch-off prize

Guilford County resident Frances Landrum is the second player to win the top prize in the $1,000 a Week for Life! game.

February 21, 2013 By NCEL

Education Lottery reminds players of Feb. 28 claims deadline

The N.C. Education Lottery reminds its players that a deadline to claim prizes for 12 instant scratch-off games is Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.

February 20, 2013 By NCEL

Beaufort County woman’s $1 million win ‘a dream come true’

An assistant prekindergarten teacher from Washington is the first player to win $1 million in the lottery’s new $4,000,000 Gold Bullion game. “It’s like a load has been lifted off my shoulders,” she said.

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