May 11, 2012 By NCEL
Had Renee Lail scratched off an instant prize on her original Wheel of Fortune ticket last fall, it would not have been eligible for entry in the second-chance drawing that sent her to Hollywood.
May 10, 2012 By NCEL
Thanks to a last-minute whim, Mary Lockey of Waynesville in Haywood County won the $186,960 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot the first time she ever played the game.
May 10, 2012 By NCEL
Priyank Desai, a resident of Concord in Cabarrus County, plans to use the $200,000 prize he won playing Extreme Green to help pay for medical school.
May 7, 2012 By NCEL
Jerry Graham of High Point will never forget his 46th birthday after he bought a lucky lottery ticket that netted him $100,000 with his initial taxes paid.
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.