December 12, 2011 By NCEL
A lottery retailer, Harris Teeter, received an incentive award from the N.C. Education Lottery for selling a ticket that won a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot and decided to donate the money to a food bank.
December 8, 2011 By NCEL
Rodney Rhoades, a contractor from Newton in Catawba County, plans to pay off his mortgage and his auto loans with the $265,968 he won playing Carolina Cash 5.
December 6, 2011 By NCEL
Luther Pinkerton, a retired furniture store owner from Hickory, plans to help his family and contribute to an orphanage in the Philippines with the $50,000 a year for life prize he won playing the $200,000 a Year for Life game.
December 6, 2011 By NCEL
William Luke Parker, a resident of Concord in Cabarrus County, has played the same set of Carolina Cash 5 numbers consistently over the past three years. His persistence finally paid off in the Dec. 1 drawing when he matched all five numbers, winning the $143,933 jackpot.
December 2, 2011 By NCEL
Small wins playing instant games turned into a big win for Richard "JJ" Ledford of Enka as he won the top prize in the $100,000 Treasure Tree scratch-off game. His good luck streak came in a convenience store in Candler on a Saturday night.
November 30, 2011 By NCEL
When Erminio Lamanna of Wilmington purchased tickets for the Nov. 26 Carolina Cash 5 drawing, he said he hoped he would win his money back. Little did he know that the fourth ticket would go on to match four numbers for a $104 prize and the fifth would match all five numbers drawn, winning him $128,895.
November 29, 2011 By NCEL
Robert Parker had heard someone won big in the Sunday, Nov. 20 drawing. But he didn't realize he won $634,650 until the day after Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2011 By NCEL
Andrey Griswold of La Grange says he was "shocked twice" after discovering that he had again won $100,000 playing an instant game with the N.C. Education Lottery.
November 28, 2011 By NCEL
Education Lottery becomes fourth U.S. lottery to obtain Level 2 certficiation in the Responsible Gaming program of the World Lottery Association.
November 23, 2011 By NCEL
A Durham man says he’ll pay off his house after winning $100,000 the day before Thanksgiving. "I finally hit the jackpot," he said.