March 11, 2013 By NCEL
Powerball players in North Carolina should double check any tickets they have to see if they are the winner of an unclaimed $1 million prize.
March 8, 2013 By NCEL
"When I went to the store, my hand started itching," Jerry Osborne said. "I asked for $13 worth of tickets and won on the 13th ticket I bought."
March 7, 2013 By NCEL
Someone who played the lottery at the Food Lion on 9101 Leesville Road in Raleigh is the owner of a Powerball ticket worth $2 million. Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $150 million if taken as an annuity or $95.2 million if taken as a lump sum.
March 5, 2013 By NCEL
“The numbers just come to me,” Homer Buffaloe said. “This time felt the same as it did the last time I won it. I guess I’ve always been lucky. Every time I buy a ticket, I feel like I’m going to win.”
March 4, 2013 By NCEL
Starting Tuesday, March 5, three new instant scratch-off games will appear in stores. The instant tickets are called Lady Bucks, Rockin’ 5’s and Diamonds 4X.
March 1, 2013 By NCEL
Halima Forth is the latest player to win $150,000 playing the 10X the Payout game.
February 28, 2013 By NCEL
“When I saw it said a million, I couldn’t believe it," Teddy Williamson said. "It still hasn’t hit me, really.”
February 26, 2013 By NCEL
Lumberton resident Wahana Chavis is the second player to claim a $150,000 top prize in the Hot Streak game.
February 25, 2013 By NCEL
“I saw that I had matched the number but I thought I had maybe won five hundred dollars,” Cosme Padilla-Lanza said. “First we’re going to the bank, but then we’re going to celebrate.”
February 22, 2013 By NCEL
Pfafftown resident Rusty Hunter is the first winner of $4 million in the lottery’s new $4,000,000 Gold Bullion scratch-off game. No one in state history has won a larger guaranteed instant prize.