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.
April 12, 2012 By NCEL
Nine instant games of the N.C. Education Lottery will end Friday, April 27, and players have 90 days afterward to claim any prizes from those games.
April 11, 2012 By NCEL
Phyllis Oakes, a resident of Stem in Granville County, took a break from playing Powerball and Mega Millions this week because she wanted to try a jackpot game with better odds. So on Tuesday, April 10, she decided to try her luck playing Carolina Cash 5. A few hours later, she found herself holding a ticket worth $208,794.
April 11, 2012 By NCEL
Debbie Keener, a surgical technologist from Hickory, plans to use the $100,000 prize she won playing the lottery to pay bills and save for the future.
April 11, 2012 By NCEL
Mark Tobin, a construction worker from Wake Forest, said he will use the $250,000 he won in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing to buy a car, help his family and for savings.