September 21, 2012 By NCEL
Bob Jones, a retired manufacturing worker from Wilmington, plans to use some of the $175,707 prize he won playing Carolina Cash 5 to take a vacation.
September 17, 2012 By NCEL
Marvin Kendrick of Reidsville won $236,168 in the Sept. 12 Carolina Cash 5 drawing. He purchased his winning ticket, worth $160,594 after taxes, at Nick’s Food Mart on Barnes Street in Reidsville.
September 14, 2012 By NCEL
Ronnie Cromer said he plans to pay off his parents’ mortgage after scratching off the top prize playing $2,500 a Week for Life. Cromer and his mother learned of their big win sitting in the car outside the Pop Shoppe in Lexington where he purchased the $5 ticket.
September 11, 2012 By NCEL
Jarvis Johnson Jr., a detention officer from Greensboro, said that though he is not a regular lottery player, something told him to purchase a Cash 5 ticket for the Sept. 6 drawing. A few hours later, his ticket matched all five numbers, winning the $226,039 jackpot.
September 6, 2012 By NCEL
Dale Strickland of Ocean Isle Beach is the winner of Saturday’s $661,409 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot – the largest Cash 5 jackpot awarded to a single winner this year. He surprised his wife with the good news two days later.
September 4, 2012 By NCEL
Domenic Morabito and Debra Talley, a couple from Southport in Brunswick County, purchased a brand new 2013 Chevrolet Equinox after winning the $100,000 top prize in the Super Lucky 7’s game.
August 30, 2012 By NCEL
For the fourth year in a row, the N.C. Education Lottery has received awards for its efforts to clearly communicate its financial information to the public.
August 27, 2012 By NCEL
While on a road trip of more than 3,000 miles, a Kansas man happened to pick up a lottery ticket worth $100,000 at a store in Angier.
August 24, 2012 By NCEL
The $764,146 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot won on Wednesday night was the largest so far this year.
August 22, 2012 By NCEL
Two of the state’s major financial aid programs, UNC Need-Based Grants and the N.C. Education Lottery Scholarship, will distribute $73 million in lottery dollars during the 2012-13 school year to help students cover the costs of attending state universities and community colleges.