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Deadlines near for season’s end drawings

December 19, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 8:48 AM
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If you want to start the new year off right with a big cash prize, get your entries in before these dates pass you by:

New Year’s Eve is your deadline to enter these Jan. 7 drawings:

  • Season End Spectacular: One lucky player will ring in the new year with a $50,000 top prize in the special year-end drawing.
  • Delightful Dollars: Two winners will win $25,000 in this monthly drawing.
  • Digital Instants Stocking Stuffer: Twenty-five winners will bag $1,000 in Online Play for Digital Instants.

New Year’s Eve is also your deadline to enter this Jan. 14 drawing:

  • Holiday Celebration Cash: Fifty winners will take home $500 in cash in the December bi-weekly drawing.

Good luck and happy holidays!

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12/19/2025 01:55 - Gordon P.

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12/19/2025 12:07 - Kara D.

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