Lexington woman wins $150,000 in 'Hot Summer' drawing

This week's biggest winners played Cash 5, scratched off lucky tickets and entered a second-chance drawing to get their prize money.

Of more than 601,282 entries made by Lucke-Zone members into the Hot Summer second-chance drawing, the lucky one to win $150,000 belonged to Annette Bell of Lexington. “I was hoping that one day I’d win a big drawing but I never really thought that I would,” Annette Bell said. “I feel so blessed and lucky. This is just awesome.”

The biggest win of the week went to Jeanette Tyler, a debt collector from Durham, who said she’s going to live a little more comfortably after winning $313,045 playing Carolina Cash 5. “This is truly a blessing for me,” Tyler said. “I’m going to fix up my house, buy new furniture, buy some presents for the kids and save a bit.”

Another Cash 5 jackpot winner is Mary Hansbro of Fayetteville. She matched all five numbers in the Sept. 11 drawing to win the $180,197 jackpot. She purchased the lucky ticket at the Short Stop on Murchison Road in Fayetteville.

A pair of players scratched their way to six-figure wins. Advance resident Juvenal Diaz is the second player to win $200,000 playing the new Break the Bank game, which started Sept. 2. And Jamiela Hardrick's story is pretty amazing. A friend’s story about winning prizes every now and then with scratch-off tickets led her to try her luck one two Mega Bucks. She won $5 - and $100,000.

Fourteen more players won $10,000 or more. They are:

• Steven Penley of Asheville - $25,000 ($200,000 Jackpot)
• Charlotte Sulek of Burlington - $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Linda Marshall of Casar - $10,000 (Millionaire 7’s)
  
• Lisa Mojica of Cornelius $10,000 ($5,000 a Week for Life!)
  
• David White of Durham - $10,000 (Millionaire 7’s)
  
• Alicia Beauchamp of Fayetteville - $10,000 ($50,000 Jackpot)
  
• Chul Lee of Fayetteville - $20,000 ($1,000,000 Jackpot)
  
• Steve Cox of High Point - $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Catherine Kearns of Kenansville - $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Jason Bolick of Maiden - $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
  
• Brian Piguerra of Mooresville - $10,000 (Break The Bank)
  
• Tosha Quinn of Morganton - $10,000 (Break The Bank)
  
• Bessie Terry of Pinehurst - $20,000 (The Color of Money)
  
• Dennis Brown of Waynesville - $10,000 ($120 Million Cash)
  

In all, players more than $19.1 million in total prizes. This includes more than $14.7 million playing instant games and more than $4.4 million playing draw games.

Good luck, take care and see you soon here in the Lucke-Zone.