June 4, 2012 By NCEL
Carlton Brock of Monroe and John Flynn of Winston-Salem are the winners of $20,000 racing-themed trips in the lottery’s Ultimate Fan game, officially-licensed by NASCAR®.
June 4, 2012 By NCEL
John Sellers, a retiree from Hendersonville in Henderson County, plans to use the $100,000 prize he won playing the lottery to boost his retirement fund.
June 4, 2012 By NCEL
The NCEL announces three new scratch-off games launching Tuesday, June 5.
May 30, 2012 By NCEL
Earlier this month, Desire Kilmer came to Wake County to visit her father. Before heading home, she bought a $1 Carolina Cash 5 ticket at the Variety Pic-Up on N.C. 97 in Wendell.
May 29, 2012 By NCEL
Shawn Elder had bought tickets for several daily drawings as the jackpot grew to $554,932. For the May 28 drawing, he had one of two tickets to match all five numbers to win half of the jackpot.
May 25, 2012 By NCEL
For John Murphy of Laurinburg, an errand to the store and a $2 Powerball ticket made him the most recent North Carolinian to win $1 million playing the lottery.
May 21, 2012 By NCEL
Georgia Burton of Durham decided to try her luck playing Mega Bucks on Saturday, so she purchased four tickets. Later that evening she scratched off prizes on each one, including the game’s $100,000 top prize.
May 18, 2012 By NCEL
Gregory Grainger of Brunswick County said he plans to buy a house and save for retirement with the $255,979 he won playing the Carolina Cash 5 game.
May 16, 2012 By NCEL
Terry Stout, an employment consultant from Greensboro, said he plans to use the $1 million he won playing the new Powerball game to pay bills, save for the future and give his family some peace of mind.
May 15, 2012 By NCEL
Clariece Hammonds of Chadbourn in Columbus County became the second person to win the top prize in the N.C. Education Lottery’s $4,000,000 Cash Blowout game.