3 little numbers equal 1 big win for the N.C. lottery
Three numbers are providing a hobby for lottery players and a big win for the North Carolina state lottery.
The lottery's Pick 3 game, in which players buy chances at matching a three-digit number, offers the lowest payouts of any of the lottery's drawing games. The maximum win is $500. But the game has been a popular draw for players, who spent more than $200 million on those 50-cent and $1 tickets last year.
Lotteries in most states recently reported a downturn in revenue, though North C ...
Oct 13, 2009, 7:48 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery expands vending machine use
North Carolina Education Lottery Commission officials are hoping a new deal that will allow players to purchase Powerball and other game tickets from vending machines will help extend the lottery's reach into more retail chain stores, like Walmart.
The deal was made on Tuesday with GTECH Corp., which runs ticket printing and logistics for the state lottery. GTECH will provide the extra machines at no charge, in exchange for the state extending their contract with the company for four more yea ...
Aug 19, 2009, 8:53 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery posts record returns
Loosened restrictions on prizes boosts revenue to the state
The North Carolina Education Lottery may not be recession-proof, but it's posting financial returns that would be a long shot for almost any other business in this economic environment.
The lottery generated $1.29 billion in sales in the fiscal year that concluded at the end of June, according to unaudited figures provided by the commission that oversees the games. That's a 19 percent increase over the $1.08 billion in gross sales ...
Jul 17, 2009, 8:29 am - - Lottery News forum
Newspaper: Big lottery winners are rare
Many people fantasize about the lottery offering a one-way ticket to limitless leisure, to a life of big houses, fancy cars, lavish cruises, endless shopping sprees and a chance to snarl adios to a nagging boss.
That lap of luxury lifestyle might be within reach if you win big, like Jeff Wilson of Kings Mountain did several weeks ago when he came forward with the Powerball ticket worth $88.1 million.
Wilson, 27, a UNC-Charlotte alumnus who took the lump sum payment of $42.4 million, a cool ...
Jul 14, 2009, 10:20 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery's Shaheen named president of Powerball group
North Carolina Education Lottery Executive Director Tom Shaheen has been elected to the top position of the association that offers the Powerball lottery game.
Shaheen was elected president of the Multi-State Lottery Association's board of directors. His term, which began July 1, lasts for one year.
The association is owned and operated by the 32 member lotteries that comprise the Powerball. The association also sells the Hot Lotto, Wild Card and 2by2 games.
The lottery directors of the ...
Jul 9, 2009, 8:20 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery players looking for luck after $88M win
Lottery tickets have been selling like wildfire since Kings Mountain resident Jeff Wilson won $88.1 million playing Powerball, said Angi White, assistant manager of the Petro Express in Kings Mountain where the winning ticket was sold.
White said lottery sales have probably doubled since Wilson hit the jackpot last week.
This place is crazy, White said. I think everybody thinks they're going to hit here again. They always say, 'Give me the lucky one.' You never know.
Harold Clemmer, w ...
Jun 30, 2009, 12:36 pm - - Lottery News forum
Self-described 'lottery freak' buys $88M Powerball ticket
27-year-old is now a Powerball millionaire
Jeff Wilson, 27, has his lottery freak dad to thank for helping him win the $88 million Powerball. Wilson met the media Tuesday and talked about his winnings.
I don't really know what to say. Does anybody have any questions? he asked reporters as he timidly stepped in front of the cameras. I don't know if I'm gonna wake up in a minute and it's gonna be a dream.
Wilson's dad, Bill Wilson, purchased the ticket at a gas station in Kings Mountain ...
Jun 23, 2009, 2:20 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. town abuzz over $88M Powerball lottery jackpot win
Powerball ticket worth $88 million was sold in Charlotte area
There was one question just about everybody in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, wanted answered Sunday: Who bought the winning Powerball ticket worth $88.1 million?
The N.C. Education Lottery announced the only winning ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold in Kings Mountain, a small town 30 miles west of Charlotte.
But officials said they do not know the identity of the winner, or where that person lives.
Everybody is ta ...
Jun 22, 2009, 10:03 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery store owners, employees winning big and often
Some of the same people who sell North Carolina Education Lottery tickets are winning big and winning often and that makes some people suspicious.
Of the lottery retailers winning prizes, some are amassing significant jackpots repeatedly $100,000, $300,000, and $500,000 prizes dozens of times a year.
Is it just dumb luck? Or do these insiders have some kind of inside track? And what is the state doing about it?
A regular lottery player first brought the pattern of retailers winning the ...
May 1, 2009, 2:50 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery snatches back some prizes
Some lottery winners have no luck.
Before anyone can claim a big prize, state law requires lottery officials to first check on whether the winner owes the government any money.
Lots do.
Since the first ticket went on sale in North Carolina in March 2006, the lottery has collected $1.3 million in back taxes, delinquent child support, overdue student loans and other debts. For some winners, the hit is a few hundred dollars out of thousands. For others, the debt wipes out their whole prize ...
Apr 28, 2009, 10:37 pm - - Lottery News forum
