N.C. couple's winning lottery ticket purchased in S.C.
Dick Sandlin along with his wife, Colleen, arrived at the South Carolina Lottery's Columbia Claims Center 13 days after learning they held the winning $15 million Powerball jackpot ticket.
I called my CPA and a tax lawyer before we claimed the prize, said 79-year-old Dick, of Wilmington, NC. I'm still dreaming. I guess when I wake-up, I'll jump up and down.
Traveling from their summer home in Florida, Dick and Colleen purchased lottery tickets in every state along the way.
We boug ...
Apr 18, 2007, 3:03 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery tickets sold in vending machines
Like chips and soda, now you can buy North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets from vending machines.
The lottery began installing 500 machines statewide last week. The vending machines sell 24 games costing $1 to $10 each.
Many will go into supermarkets including Food Lion and Lowes Foods, said Alice Garland, lottery deputy executive director. Some will land in convenience stores with high ticket sales to free up clerks.
Vending machines are not new to state lotteries. Maryland has us ...
Apr 10, 2007, 11:14 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery celebrating 1st birthday
First year not as profitable as predicted
Now a year old, the North Carolina Education Lottery is meeting its goal of keeping residents from crossing the border to buy tickets but failing to reach financial expectations initially touted by lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley.
The lottery has set aside $220 million in profits for state education programs since the first tickets were sold March 30, 2006, removing North Carolina's label as the only East Coast state without the games.
Easley, ...
Mar 30, 2007, 9:51 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Gov. calls for shift of lottery funds
Easley wants to take from scholarships and give to pre-K program
Gov. Mike Easley's spending plan for next year would shift profits from the N.C. Lottery toward a pre-kindergarten program at the expense of school construction and scholarships.
Easley has asked legislators to change the law so that he can earmark more money for the More at Four program, which prepares at-risk 4-year-old children for school. Easley wants to add 10,000 spaces in the program, which currently serves more than 1 ...
Feb 28, 2007, 9:54 am - - Lottery News forum
$75 million Powerball lottery jackpot claimed by N.C. prison guard
For more than two months, Jackie Alston quietly celebrated her winning Powerball ticket, quitting her job at a state prison and then putting together a team of financial advisers.
The 38-year-old single mom was ready to take the party public sort of on Friday when she stepped forward to claim her $74.5 million prize.
Alston appeared briefly at a news conference to discuss her win and smile for the cameras before pulling away in a stretch Ford Excursion limousine.
She wouldn't say wh ...
Feb 17, 2007, 8:49 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery Plans $1 Million Raffle
At $20, it'll be the most expensive ticket to go on sale in the short history of the state lottery. The odds are a whole lot better than Powerball, and the prize is a cool $1 million. A raffle a favorite fundraising tool of school parent groups and peewee sports teams could be coming to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
It's the kind of game that appeals to people, said lottery chief Tom Shaheen.
The state lottery commission will consider adding the raffle to its lineup at its me ...
Feb 13, 2007, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery chief adding new games to overcome revenue shortfall
The head of the N.C. Education Lottery Tuesday urged patience for critics who say the games have fallen short of their first-year sales goal.
Executive Director Tom Shaheen said he hopes to spark sales this spring with two new games and a new twist on a third.
Lottery sales are expected to miss their $1.2 billion goal by $200 million.
Obviously I'm in a business to raise money, and I want to raise as much as we can, Shaheen said after a Charlotte luncheon. But to raise $1 billion the ...
Feb 1, 2007, 1:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Charlotte couple wins $200,000 Powerball lottery prize
Tonight's Powerball jackpot is worth $131 million
John Mark Isaacs and his girlfriend had been eyeing new cars for some time.
She would like a yellow, two-door Pontiac Solaris. Isaacs wants a Mini Cooper in black or blue.
It was like a dream, 'I sure would like to have that,' he said of the cars. Now, I can.
On Saturday, Isaacs, 41, and his girlfriend won $200,000 when one of the dozen Powerball tickets the couple bought had five winning numbers.
Isaacs, a warehouse manager f ...
Jan 10, 2007, 3:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery sales fall short
North Carolina's lottery sales have tumbled since July, and the game's director predicts that under the best scenario the lottery will generate $75 million less for education than projected in the current state budget.
The sales of numbers games, such as Powerball and Cash 5, are up slightly since July, but scratch-and-win ticket sales have plummeted. Scratch, or instant, tickets are supposed to provide the growth in lotteries nationally, but in North Carolina, sales shrank from $52 milli ...
Dec 26, 2006, 10:46 am - - Lottery News forum
Year in review: N.C. Lottery
The start up of North Carolina's first-ever lottery is meant to help fund education across the state. When State School Board Chair Howard Lee bought the very first scratch-off lottery ticket in March, he hailed it as a great day for education.
The tickets will be winners for each child in the state of North Carolina who will benefit from the proceeds from the lottery, Lee said.
Fifty percent of proceeds go to reducing class size and early education. Forty percent helps school constructi ...
Dec 20, 2006, 3:12 pm - - Lottery News forum
