December 28, 2011 By NCEL
Craig Peters is the grand prize winner of the Dec. 21 second-chance drawing in the Wheel of Fortune instant game. He'll get a chance to play for more prizes during a nonbroadcast version of the popular TV game show.
December 22, 2011 By NCEL
Kenneth Roberts, a warehouse worker from Durham, plans to help renovate his parents’ home and travel after winning the $100,000 top prize in the lottery’s Mega Bucks game. Roberts learned of his win on Wednesday.
December 20, 2011 By NCEL
David Hager, a resident of Durham, plans to pay bills and take a tropical vacation after winning the $1 million top prize in the lottery’s Red Hot Millions game.
December 20, 2011 By NCEL
Marvin Pike, a resident of Rocky Mount, is the latest big winner in the lottery’s 10X the Money game. Pike won $100,000 on a ticket he purchased at the Stop N Shop on East Nash Street in Spring Hope.
December 19, 2011 By NCEL
The second half of a $257,790 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot from the Nov. 26 drawing was claimed Monday by a Mooresville woman and a friend from Lancaster, Pa.
December 19, 2011 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery has three new instant games on sale. The new games, launching Tuesday, are called Extreme Green, Sterling Silver and Love to Win.
December 16, 2011 By NCEL
Todd Bodily, a resident of Sanford in Lee County, plans to use the $134,296 prize he won playing Carolina Cash 5 to purchase a new truck and pay bills. Bodily matched all five numbers in the Dec. 13 drawing to win the jackpot.
December 12, 2011 By NCEL
A lottery retailer, Harris Teeter, received an incentive award from the N.C. Education Lottery for selling a ticket that won a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot and decided to donate the money to a food bank.
December 8, 2011 By NCEL
Rodney Rhoades, a contractor from Newton in Catawba County, plans to pay off his mortgage and his auto loans with the $265,968 he won playing Carolina Cash 5.
December 6, 2011 By NCEL
Luther Pinkerton, a retired furniture store owner from Hickory, plans to help his family and contribute to an orphanage in the Philippines with the $50,000 a year for life prize he won playing the $200,000 a Year for Life game.