December 10, 2012 By NCEL
Michael Pepper of Statesville plans to use the $1 million prize he won playing Powerball to pay off his auto loans and save for the future.
December 10, 2012 By NCEL
Wanda Evans purchased her winning ticket for the $4,000,000 Cash Blowout game at Mr. G’s Convenience Mart on Iona Street in Fairmont. Three $1 million prizes, and one top prize of $4 million, have yet to be claimed in the game.
December 6, 2012 By NCEL
John Woolard of Washington matched all five numbers in the Dec. 4 drawing by playing the same set of numbers for a year. He plans to use the $117,305 jackpot he won playing Carolina Cash 5 to purchase a tract of land.
December 4, 2012 By NCEL
Robin Stanfield of Mebane is the third and final $1 million winner from North Carolina from the historic Powerball drawing on Nov. 28. Stanfield was at work when she learned she had matched all five white balls in the drawing.
December 3, 2012 By NCEL
The second of three $1 million winners from North Carolina in Wednesday's historic Powerball drawing has claimed the prize. The third $1 million-winning ticket, sold the Super Kmart Express on Huffman Mill Road in Burlington, has yet to be claimed.
December 3, 2012 By NCEL
Two tickets sold at Statesville stores won big prizes in lottery drawings held Saturday night. Charles Killian of Statesville has already come to lottery headquarters to collect the $467,073 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot he won. He purchased his winning ticket at Fast Phil’s on Taylorsville Road in Statesville.
November 30, 2012 By NCEL
Charlotte resident Hyun Kim claimed the final $200,000 top prize in the Extreme Green game on Thursday.
November 30, 2012 By NCEL
Greensboro resident Chintan Sethiya is the first player to win the top prize in the $500 a Week for Life! game.
November 30, 2012 By NCEL
For more than two weeks, Wade Haskett of Waynesville carried around in his wallet a lottery ticket worth $118,180. When he realized his good fortune on Sunday, he bought a lockbox to keep the ticket safe.
November 29, 2012 By NCEL
Leslie Rouse of Kinston and Christopher Rouse of Winterville, who work together on their family farm, are the first players to claim one of three $1 million prizes won in Wednesday’s historic Powerball drawing. Two more $1 million tickets remain unclaimed.