Three players win prizes from $100,000 to $496,756

Let's take a closer look at who had big-time lottery luck this week.

The biggest winner of the week is Rodney Starks, a Fayetteville resident who owns a cleaning service. He plans to use the $496,756 jackpot he won in the Carolina Cash 5 game to save for retirement. Starks bought five tickets, choosing his own numbers for each one, at the Short Stop on South Main Street in Hope Mills. One of the five was the only one in the state to beat odds of 1 in 575,757 to win the jackpot in the Oct. 11 drawing.

Lavonne Burnett of Dunn called her $200,000 win in the Break the Bank game a dream come true. She purchased the lucky $5 ticket at the Food Lion on N.C. 97 East in Rocky Mount.

The third six-figure winner of the week is Ethel Harris of Winterville, who is the most recent winner of $100,000 in the $1,000,000 Jackpot instant scratch-off game. She purchased the lucky $10 ticket at Mills Market on Mills Road in Greenville.

Overall, instant scratch-off players in North Carolina won more than $16 million in prizes from Oct. 9-16. During that same time time, players of draw games won $4 million in total prizes.

Twenty-three prizes awarded were worth between $10,000 and $50,000. They are:

• Jamie Ferguson of Aberdeen: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
• Ann Bullman of Asheville: $30,000 (Aces & 8’s)
  
• Lester Hawes of Belmont: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• Charles Coffey of Boone: $10,000 ($1,000 a Week for Life!)
  
• Bobby Penny of Cary: $20,000 ($1,000,000 Jackpot)
  
• Danisha Ortiz of Cary: $10,000 ($2,500 a Week for Life!)
  
• Tesfahanes Abraha of Charlotte: $25,000 ($200,000 Jackpot)
  
• Sheila Elliott of Charlotte: $20,000 ($1,000,000 Jackpot)
  
• Dwayne Cockerham of Charlotte: $10,000 (EZ Money)
  
• Tiffany Villalva & Normalean Vinson of Charlotte: $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Virgile Ramsey of Enka: $50,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• Akisheon McCollum of Fayetteville: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• Calvin Rainey of Henderson: $50,000 (Twisted Bingo)
  
• Aaron Nayyar of Hickory: $50,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• C.T. Ward of High Point: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• Larry Brock of Kinston: $10,000 (Golden 7’s)
  
• Judith Weaver of Louisburg: $10,000 (Jumbo Bucks)
  
• Lori Smith of Morganton: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
  
• Mahmoud Kharoufa of Smithfield: $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Heather Roark of Vanceboro: $20,000 ($1,000,000 Jackpot)
  
• Edwin Hancock of Whitsett: $10,000 (10/11/14 Powerball drawing)
  
• Lyman Hill of Winston-Salem: $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Christa Styron of Winston-Salem: $10,000 ($50,000 Jackpot)
  

It was a fun week, and this one's going to be too: MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB lottery game has begun, and we are looking forward to the first drawing on Friday. Plus, the exclusive one-time drawing that is guaranteed to make a millionaire out of someone who plays the new game in North Carolina between now and the drawing. Good luck, y'all!