Twenty-two players win big prizes this week

Since last Wednesday, twenty-two lucky lottery players have celebrated wins of $10,000 to $2 million.

The biggest wins of the week resulted from the July 4 Powerball drawing. One went to Dorothy Myers of Raeford who won $2 million on a $3 Power Play ticket that she purchased while attending a family reunion in Roxboro. She picked her own numbers, based on the birthdays of her mother and four sisters.

The second Powerball win went to Angela Leyco of Chester, Va. who won $1 million on a ticket she bought while visiting her daughter at the Outer Banks. She plans to use her winnings to pay bills and take a trip to Italy.

Other Powerball winners this week include Dan Rust of Raleigh, who won $10,000 in the June 10 drawing, and Barbara Froneberger of Stanley won $50,000 on June 27.

Carolina Cash 5 paid off in a big way for two lucky players this week. Lester Sullivan of Charlotte, won $66,030 in the July 4 drawing. In Wake County, Zebulon resident Martin Hagwood matched all five numbers in the June 26 drawing to win the $94,282 jackpot.

Stephanie Kinlaw, a graphic designer from Fayetteville, plans to use the $200,000 prize she won in the lottery’s Week for Life Second-Chance drawing to buy a car and take the honeymoon she and her husband never had.

Our final big winner of the week, Mary Shoffner of Burlington, says she always knew she’d someday win a big prize playing the lottery. Her premonition came true on Wednesday when she claimed a $100,000 top prize in the Mega Bucks game.

Fourteen players won prizes of $10,000 to $50,000 instantly this week.

• Banner Elk resident Bobby Townsend won $10,000 playing $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
• Durham resident Narciso Paz won $50,000 playing $200 Million Blowout
• Fayetteville resident Steven Adair won $10,000 playing King’s Ransom
• Hamlet resident Richard Carter won $10,000 playing 100X The Cash
• Kernersville resident Aaron Petticord won $50,000 playing $200 Million Blowout
• Kernersville resident Gertrude Eck won $20,000 playing $1,000,000 Jackpot
• Leland resident Kevin Beauchamp won $10,000 playing $2,500 a Week for Life!
• Raeford resident Don Tyler won $10,000 playing 100X The Cash
• Reidsville resident Lisa Grissom won $20,000 playing $1,000,000 Jackpot
• Shiloh resident Brandy Werline won $30,000 playing Did I Win?
• Southern Pines resident Ralph Bowen won $10,000 playing 100X The Cash
• Troy resident Tony Glover won $50,000 playing 50X The Cash
• Winston-Salem resident Jerjuan Smart won $10,000 playing $200 Million Blowout
• Winston-Salem resident Jerome Woodford won $10,000 playing 100X The Cash

That's all for this week's wrap-up. Have a great weekend, Lucke-Zone!