3-3-3 delivers $2.4 million in prizes to Pick 3 players

February 21, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 7:18 AM

For the second time in a month, the numbers 3-3-3 delivered a big win for our Pick 3 players who play trips of 3-3-3.

The third big Pick 3 win of 2022 occurred in Sunday night’s drawing when those numbers came up for a $2.4 million win.

In all, 6,364 winning tickets matched all three numbers. A player with a fifty-cent ticket won $250 and a player with a $1 ticket won $500.

The odds of matching all three numbers in a Pick 3 drawing are 1 in a 1000. You can learn more about Pick 3, one of our most popular games, here.

Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes. Drawings in the Carolina Pick 3 game are held twice a day, at 3 p.m. and at 11:22 p.m. Players can either pick their own numbers or select a Quick Pick by allowing the lottery terminal to generate a set of three numbers for them.

Congrats to all our winners. Nice way to start the week.

17 COMMENTS

3/11/2022 06:09 - Charles H.

I would have won $500 on the 2-20 evening draw if the Speedway cashier in Siler City had not refused to sell me a ticket.

3/10/2022 08:51 - Charles H.

I tried to buy a pick 3 ticket at Speedway in Siler City on Feb 20th for the evening draw. I told the cashier that I wanted to play the numbers 3-3-3. The time was just after 10:30pm and she informed me that it was too late and that the drawing was in progress. I told her I thought she was wrong and she still refused to sell me the ticket. I went to the NCEL website and found out the latest time to buy a ticket for the evening game is 10:59pm meaning she had about 25 minutes to sell me the ticket. Because of her I was cheated out of $500. I have complained to Speedway's corporate office to no avail as they refuse to pay me for their cashier's mistake. Needless to say I will be taking this matter to small claims court.

2/23/2022 07:44 - ernest b.

Can you play the double play on Cash5 online?NC Lottery
Hey, Ernest, great question! At this time, Double Play and EZ Match are not available through Online Play. If you'd like to add those to your Cash 5 ticket purchase, we recommend finding a retailer near you to add that on. We hope to be able to offer this online for our players in the future though!

2/22/2022 09:24 - denise p.

Thank you NCEL for the TRIPLE a lot of people play them and they don’t come out often enough to tell the truth they should fall EVERY month just like the rest of the numbers so when they do fall it’s a hit or miss and if you miss try again or keep your favorite # in it will come out sooner or later congratulation to all the triple winners

2/22/2022 09:20 - Temeca S.

If the quad 2s drop today it won’t be a coincidence. There needs to be an audit. This ain’t even cuteNC Lottery
Hi, Temeca! All of our combinations have the same possibility of being drawn in each drawing - that's what makes it fair. It just takes a whole lot of luck to be a winner. All of our practices are independently reviewed and audited to ensure fairness to all players. We hope your next ticket is a lucky one!

2/22/2022 09:08 - denise p.

CONGRATS TO YOU ALL

2/22/2022 07:59 - Darlene E.

Tried to play 2222 early in the week: WAS LOCKED OUT) Why do NC lock out numbers??? Probably will come when they least expect it.IJS....NC Lottery
Hi, Darlene! There are limitations on prize payout liability, so some numbers, especially more popular combinations, may hit the "liability limit" if the total prize liabilities for any number with all types of Plays exceed that limit. This is to ensure that we will be able to pay out prizes to all of the winners if that number is drawn! Hope this helps to clarify!

2/22/2022 03:36 - ella N.

why not have more winners on the power ball mega and cash five and on the 30 dollar ticket it should be more than a 30 dollar winner on a ticket

2/22/2022 01:49 - Gloria C.

Congratulations to all the winners on the triple 333. I wish you all many more wonderful wins.

2/21/2022 09:48 - Kathy L.

333 is just making up for lost time. Prior to this month, they hadn't come out since November 2019. They were due. Glad I hung in there.

2/21/2022 03:07 - Douglas H.

Congratulations to the trip 3 winners :-). Alway fun to hit the trips (we did with 888 and 999 and last year too). Enjoy!!!

2/21/2022 12:04 - Carl O.

Help me understand how these numbers are random when the same sets come out in a months time. All I see is the same people winning all the time. If I would of out the 3s in, they wouldn’t of came out last night.NC Lottery
Hey there, Carl, thanks for your comment! Our team has strict security procedures in place to ensure that every set of numbers has the exact same chance of being drawn in every drawing. This includes using a randomly selected ball machine and randomly selected ball set during each different drawing. Every combination has a 1 in 1,000 chance of being drawn in each and every drawing. In games where you can choose numbers from 0-9, it’s no surprise that we see similar patterns come up every so often.

2/21/2022 12:03 - Edith K.

Curious: how many entries did you have for the whose woo is whose?NC Lottery
Hi there, Edith! We received about 6,800 entries for our Whose Wooo! Is Whose giveaway!

2/21/2022 12:01 - Carl O.

I need to know the secrets please. I don’t understand how these numbers are random when it’s the same sets coming out twice a month now. The world already in a inflation & all I see is the same people that do not need winnings win. Explain pleaseNC Lottery
Hey there, Carl! Our team has strict security procedures in place to ensure that every set of numbers has the exact same chance of being drawn in every drawing. This includes using a randomly selected ball machine and randomly selected ball set during each different drawing. Every combination has a 1 in 1,000 chance of being drawn in each and every drawing. In games where you can choose numbers from 0-9, it’s no surprise that we see similar patterns come up every so often.

2/21/2022 08:32 - Roger K.

Congratulations to all the winner's, I don't play any pick 3 or pick 4.

2/21/2022 08:26 - odell m.

Last time I played Triple 3 was Friday I should kept on playing Wow didn't follow my mind !!

2/21/2022 07:31 - Darlene E.

Congrats to all the winners including us..NC Lottery
Congrats, Darlene!

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3-3-3 delivers $2.4 million in prizes to Pick 3 players

February 21, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 7:18 AM