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.
February 19, 2015 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery is announcing the end of 10 instant scratch-off games.
February 19, 2015 By NCEL
Catherine Harris, an engineer from Raleigh, said on the morning of Feb. 11 she woke up with a feeling that it was going to be a great day. Little did she know that she and her two brothers would go on to win $1 million in that night's Powerball drawing.
February 13, 2015 By NCEL
In the ten weeks leading up to Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, ticket sales resulted in the state’s fourth jackpot winner in the game and an estimated $16.6 million earned for education.
February 13, 2015 By NCEL
Reginald Miller of Raleigh is the most recent player to scratch off the top prize of $4 million in the $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular game.
February 13, 2015 By NCEL
Rhonda Beard of Greensboro has an affinity for jackpot games like Mega Millions and Powerball. After she won $1 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, it’s also evident much she cares about her family: She decided to share her prize money with two of her relatives.
February 10, 2015 By NCEL
Douglas Beasley, a machinist from Trinity, has played the same set of random Carolina Cash 5 numbers every day for the past year. His persistence paid off on when he matched all five numbers in Monday night’s drawing to win the $168,259 jackpot.