$344.6 million Powerball jackpot won in North Carolina

June 2, 2019 Posted by NC Lottery at 10:48 AM

Someone in North Carolina won Saturday's Powerball jackpot of $344.6 million.

The win came with a single ticket that matched all six numbers in the drawing. The winning numbers in the drawing were 6–15−34−45−52 and the Powerball was 8.

The lucky ticket owner has a choice of an estimated annuity of $344.6 million paid in 30 payments over 29 years or a lump sum payment of $223.3 million.

Our advice to the winner is to sign that ticket to establish your ownership of it and then secure it in a safe place. Then, take your time and put together a plan with the help of financial and legal advisers for how you would like to claim your prize.

The winner has 180 days to claim that prize.

The win was the fifth time that North Carolina has had a Powerball jackpot winner and the seventh time that someone in the state has won either a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.

20 COMMENTS

6/03/2019 06:21 - cheryl c.

i have buzzard luck and i want lucifer off of me. congrats whoever the winner is.

6/03/2019 03:03 - Javier M.

GOD Bless at winner! congratulation

6/03/2019 11:22 - allen l.

i would like to win and win and win good luck

6/03/2019 01:42 - Demetria H.

This is where I stay I shop at that store all the time and one time I don't buy a ticket is when someone hit...congrats to the winner.One day me and my 7 babies will win big

6/02/2019 07:19 - Carolyn G.

Congratulations to the winner, it has been a while since anything this big has happen here in N.C.

6/02/2019 06:54 - Steve L. P.

Joshua M is right. Geo tracking is hurting online play big time. I hope you get this problem corrected soon. I use online play because it is so convenient. Imagine my surprise and disappointment.NC Lottery
Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the app, Steve. Have you updated it to the most recent version? That should correct the geolocation issue.

6/02/2019 03:18 - christopher w.

Well, it's about time NC had a big winner! Just talked about how we need to hit big in the state, let's see how long before another big winner comes around! Congrats to the ticket holder$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

6/02/2019 02:54 - john T.

@robert m. The first thing to do is not to sign that ticket. Then your name will be out there. You hire an attorney first then create an LLC company in which you can sign that ticket under the corporation name and you can remain private.NC Lottery
Hi Robert, when the NC State Legislature created the Lottery the requirement for big winners to reveal their name, hometown, game played and amount won was put into effect. The state lawmakers felt it was important to let players see that people around them won big prizes.

6/02/2019 02:19 - Gregory F.

Someone is truly bless this is life changing. Congratulations.

6/02/2019 01:57 - malissa s.

Congratulations to the winner!

6/02/2019 01:45 - Frederick W.

Enjoy!

6/02/2019 01:29 - Robert M.

It sucks the person has to come out and not remain anonymous.Putting people and their family at risk!!

6/02/2019 12:32 - Mary M.

Congratulations, maybe someone I know.

6/02/2019 12:27 - Schmeka w.

It was one at the Iga in fayetteville in the town of hope mills. That's wonderful at cash 5 was won at the fayetteville Iga on cedar creek road for 1.3 million. Lucky Iga

6/02/2019 12:25 - Joshua M.

Congrats NC winner! Too bad I've been unable to play either online or mobile app thanks to your geo tracking system!!!!NC Lottery
Hi Joshua, we released an app update that is required to correct a geo-location error some users are seeing. Please make sure you app is up to date. If you have an Android device, please delete and re-install the app. We're looking into the desktop location issue some users are experiencing and hope to have a solution soon for that as well. Sorry for the inconvenience.

6/02/2019 12:24 - MICHAEL B.

Congratulations to the winner!!! Awesome, hope & dreams are "Real".

6/02/2019 11:44 - Jenni P.

Congratulations to the winner !

6/02/2019 11:43 - Brenda S.

Fantastic news. Enjoy your winnings.

6/02/2019 11:06 - lawrence b.

where was the winning location! County,city...NC Lottery
Hi Lawrence, we'll be making announcement on the jackpot this afternoon!

6/02/2019 11:04 - Alton M.

Where was the winning ticket purchased?NC Lottery
Hi Alton, we'll be making announcement later today!

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