March 4, 2015 By NCEL
Jack Piercy Jr., a native of Old Fort, won $1 million instantly. The retired locomotive engineer said he and his wife will share their prize money with their four sons and spend more time with their five grandchildren.
March 3, 2015 By NCEL
Less than three weeks after the Powerball jackpot was won by a lottery player from Shallotte, the small town has another big lottery winner. Darlene Anuszewski won the $250,000 top prize in Sunday night’s All or Nothing drawing.
March 3, 2015 By NCEL
Last summer, Carlton Simpson started to trying his luck in the nightly Carolina Cash 5 drawings. Monday night was Simpson's lucky day when the numbers he chose matched all five drawn, winning him the $358,867 jackpot.
March 2, 2015 By NCEL
Brunswick County’s winning streak has spilled over into the month of March. A lucky ticket for Sunday night’s All or Nothing drawing, sold at the Lowe’s Foods on Beach Drive in Ocean Isle Beach, won the top prize of $250,000.
March 2, 2015 By NCEL
Barbara Clinton of Durham is the latest player to win the $150,000 top prize in the White Hot 5’s game. She purchased the lucky $5 ticket at the Bragtown BP Family Fare on Roxboro Road in Durham.
March 2, 2015 By NCEL
Five new games will begin to show up in stores on Tuesday.
February 27, 2015 By NCEL
James Harrison, a retired catfish farmer from Martin County, caught another big one. “Four months ago I won a million bucks,” the North Carolina native said Friday at lottery headquarters. “Who’d ever have thought I’d come back for $200,000 more.”
February 25, 2015 By NCEL
Brandon Nibert of Asheville is the latest player to win the $100,000 top prize in the Crossword 10X game. He purchased the lucky $5 ticket at Ingles on Tunnel Road in Asheville.
February 23, 2015 By NCEL
A single mother from a small town in Coastal North Carolina has come forward to claim her $188 million Powerball prize, making her the largest jackpot winner in state history.
February 19, 2015 By NCEL
Alex Walls of Laurinburg says that outside of his lovely wife, winning $1 million on a scratch-off ticket is the best Valentine’s Day gift he’s ever received.