August 13, 2012 By NCEL
A lucky weekend for players of the N.C. Education Lottery produced big wins in each of the lottery’s draw games with more than $11.9 million in prizes including a $1 million win in the Powerball drawing and a record $7.5 million won in the Carolina Pick 4 game.
August 13, 2012 By NCEL
Saudy Charles, a resident of Charlotte, plans honeymoon with her husband with the $113,737 prize she won in the Aug. 11 Carolina Cash 5 drawing. She matched all five numbers to win a share of the $227,470 jackpot.
August 12, 2012 By NCEL
Players of the Carolina Pick 4 game won the largest payout in the game's history Saturday night when their lucky numbers, 1-1-1-1, came up in the evening drawing.
August 10, 2012 By NCEL
Minnie Atkinson's $323,228 prize is the largest ever awarded to a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot winner from Wilson County. A North Carolina native, Atkinson said she planned to use her winnings to buy a home.
August 8, 2012 By NCEL
A group of 20 lottery players, all who work manufacturing jobs at RF Micro Devices in Greensboro, matched all five white balls in the Aug. 4 Powerball drawing, winning them a $1 million prize.
August 6, 2012 By NCEL
Tamara Vivian, an office manager for a chiropractor in her hometown of Salisbury, plans to purchase a new car and pay off her student loans with the $1 million prize she won playing the lottery.
August 6, 2012 By NCEL
Three new instant scratch-off games called Diamond 7s, Fire 'n Dice, and Lucky GEms start Tuesday, Aug. 7. Diamond 7s gives players six chances to win $100,000.
August 3, 2012 By NCEL
A two-day lucky streak for Billy Jack Lassiter of Durham ended Thursday when he scratched off $100,000 on a Carolina Black instant ticket. With his win, two prizes of $100,000 remain unclaimed in the game.
August 3, 2012 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery is announcing the end of eleven instant scratch-off games. The games, listed in the chart below, end effective Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.
August 2, 2012 By NCEL
Tuesday night, James Weller gave his grandmother $20 to buy him a lottery ticket. The next morning, the Charlotte man found out he’d won the prize of a lifetime: $50,000 a year for life.