September 7, 2011 By NCEL
“I asked if they could verify that I had won,” Hink said. “The clerk said ‘Wow’ and then everyone in the store started asking ‘How much? How much?’ I called home and said I thought I was having a heart attack. Stuff like this doesn’t happen to us. It’s just a total shock.”
August 31, 2011 By NCEL
Diane Perkins, a case manager from Raleigh, purchased three N.C. Education Lottery scratch-off tickets on Tuesday. She scratched the first ticket, Jumbo Bucks, and won $15. The first of two $125,000 Casino Cash tickets revealed a $5 prize. Her lucky streak concluded when she won the game’s $125,000 top prize on the third ticket.
August 29, 2011 By NCEL
Cora McKee, a child nutritionist from Swannanoa in Buncombe County, picked up a penny in a parking lot last Tuesday. “This penny is a winner,” she recalls saying as she put the coin away for safekeeping.
August 24, 2011 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery has received two new awards for its efforts to completely and clearly communicate its financial information to the public.
August 23, 2011 By NCEL
A $200,000 prize makes a brother-sister duo from Kings Mountain the most recent Cleveland County residents to win big playing Powerball.
August 22, 2011 By NCEL
Jasper Wall, a retired corrections officer from Hamlet in Richmond County, has played the same lucky numbers for almost three years. On Friday night, his persistence paid off as he matched all five numbers in the Cash 5 drawing, winning the $232,246 jackpot.
August 22, 2011 By NCEL
Will Schneider, a software programmer from Asheville, says the $200,000 Powerball win will boost the college savings fund for his daughters.
August 15, 2011 By NCEL
Raleigh residents Clarence and Kristine Kyne have enjoyed playing lottery games since 2006 when it was first introduced in North Carolina. On Friday, they matched all five white balls but not the Mega Ball on their Mega Millions ticket, winning a $250,000 prize.
August 15, 2011 By NCEL
A new lottery game launching Tuesday offers players a chance to win a trip to Hollywood to play Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajak and Vanna White for up to $1 million. Wheel of Fortune is a $5 ticket based on the game show of the same name.
August 15, 2011 By NCEL
A $248,982 Cash 5 jackpot belongs to a Columbus County couple. Lottie and Sylvia Williams' Cash 5 ticket was the only one to match all five numbers in the Saturday, Aug. 13 drawing.