Since last Thursday, 18 players scratched and matched their way to 17 prizes from $10,000 to $1 million.
The biggest win of the week went to Nancy Smythe of Chapel Hill, who won $1 million in the June 3 Powerball drawing. She purchased her lucky ticket at the Cedar Village Family Fare on Weaver Dairy Road in Chapel Hill.
Just down the road in Durham, Rosa Guerrero became the first player to win the top prize of $100,000 playing the Bonus Corners Crossword instant game. She purchased her lucky ticket at the Rose Mart on Wake Forest Highway in Durham.
Finally, for three years playing the lottery together each week, Robert Ventry of Belmont and Benjamin Kroll of Charlotte hoped that one day they’d win big. Their hope came true on June 19 when their Quick Pick ticket matched all five numbers in that night’s Cash 5 drawing, winning the $289,952 jackpot.
Fourteen other players won prizes from $10,000 to $54,962 this week. They are:
• Luis Mejia of Charlotte: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
• Wanda Brady of Deep Run: $20,000 ($1,000,000 Jackpot)
• Carlos Carmona of Durham: $10,000 ($4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular)
• Lawrence Pozza of Fairmont: $54,962 (6/21/15 Cash 5 drawing)
• Willie Rhodes of Goldsboro: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
• William Overton of Greenville: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
• Benjamin Newman of Hubert: $10,000 ($50 Mayhem)
• Valeria Teal of Lumberton: $40,000 (6/24/15 Powerball drawing)
• Aaron Thompson of Marion: $10,000 (King’s Ransom)
• Mayurkumar Patel of Myrtle Beach, S.C.: $10,000 (100X The Cash)
• Luther Moten of Troutman: $10,000 (Millionaire 7’s)
• Jammie Yarborough of Wake Forest: $50,000 (Junior Big Ol’ Bucks)
• Charles Knight of Washington: $25,000 (5/22/15 Mega Millions drawing)
• Timothy Askew of Washington: $10,000 ($200 Million Blowout)
This week, instant players won $16 million and draw game players won more than $5.9 million, including $5.5 million from North Carolina draw games Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and All or Nothing. The 1-1-3 number combination from the June 22 evening Pick 3 drawing resulted in $1,016,867 in prizes.
Since last weekend’s drawings, Mega Millions and Powerball players won more than $418,000 in prizes. In all, players won more than $21 million in prizes statewide.
That’s it for this week’s big winner wrap-up. Enjoy these last days of June and we’ll see you soon here in the Lucke-Zone.
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