May 3, 2012 By NCEL
Shin Oh beat odds of more than one in 5.1 million to match all five white balls in the April 11 drawing. He had the winning ticket in his wallet for three weeks before finding out he had won. “If I had only won $10,000 I’d be happy,” he said.
April 30, 2012 By NCEL
Less than an hour before the numbers were drawn on March 27, Mehari Berhe bought a Mega Millions ticket that wound up winning $1 million. He spent the last month considering the purchase of a house and starting a business.
April 27, 2012 By NCEL
Travis Manning won the fourth and final $1 million prize in the Carolina Gold instant game. The Mannings plan to use the prize money to save for their kids' college and vacation to Disney World.
April 26, 2012 By NCEL
Leslie Brown was enjoying her morning coffee when she checked the lottery's website and learned that someone had hit the Cash 5 jackpot. Moments later she discovered she matched all five numbers to win $133,046.
April 26, 2012 By NCEL
The N.C. Education Lottery has made its third transfer of lottery revenues to the state for fiscal year 2012, providing an additional $127 million for education. The transfer was the largest made in a single quarter in the Education Lottery’s history.
April 25, 2012 By NCEL
Holly Benfield, a resident of Morganton in Burke County, plans to use the $200,000 prize she won playing Extreme Green to help her mother and maybe purchase a jet-ski.
April 23, 2012 By NCEL
A Jacksonville man won $100,000 in the Ultimate Fan game, officially-licensed by NASCAR®. Clifford Moore bought his ticket at the same store that sold a $250,000-winning ticket in the historic Mega Millions drawing.
April 23, 2012 By NCEL
Greg and Debbie Scheller, who own East Carolina Carpets and Interiors in Greenville, plan to use the $109,711 prize they won in the Friday’s Cash 5 drawing to help family and their church.
April 20, 2012 By NCEL
A preschool teacher supervisor from Cumberland County is the winner of a $141,975 Cash 5 jackpot. “I always said I’d take a cruise,” Lori Ayers said. “And then, you know, pay off things we owe so we can breathe a little easier.”
April 16, 2012 By NCEL
Darrick Barnes, a resident of Saratoga in Wilson County, decided to purchase a Carolina Cash 5 ticket on Friday. As he was leaving the store, something told him to turn around and purchase one more ticket. His hunch paid off and the ticket matched all five numbers in the April 13 drawing, winning him the $113,329 jackpot.