N.C. Powerball lottery winners worry what their preacher will think
Can winning nearly a million dollars in the lottery be a bad thing? Strangely, for Donald and Danette Sigmon the answer is apparently, yes.
On July 26, Donald won $800,000 in the Powerball Lottery after accurately choosing five winning numbers. The Sigmons went to Raleigh to claim their prize. Ever since, they have worried over the fact that playing the lottery might have shamed them.
They say they have been shunned and ridiculed and aren't entirely proud of having played. They're so u ...
Sep 5, 2006, 12:03 pm - - Lottery News forum
Mechanic Got $200,000 Powerball N.C. Lottery Ticket In Raleigh
A Goldsboro man who purchased his ticket in Raleigh came away a big winner last Saturday in the Powerball drawing.
He matched all five white balls in Saturday's Powerball drawing to win $200,000.
Henry Bunn visited the North Carolina Education Lottery's headquarters earlier this week to collect his $200,000 Powerball prize. Bunn purchased the winning ticket at Kangaroo Gas Station #935 on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh while he was on vacation.
Bunn told lottery officials that he has pla ...
Aug 25, 2006, 9:06 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery counts on millions in unclaimed prizes
The first night North Carolina residents could take part in the multistate Powerball lottery game, someone hit a $200,000 winner.
More than 11 weeks later, no one has claimed the prize.
It's a little-known fact that lottery games across the country keep millions of dollars in winnings are never claimed. The industry norm is that about 1 percent to 2 percent of prizes somehow fall through the cracks.
North Carolina lottery officials expect almost $9 million in lottery winnings will go un ...
Aug 21, 2006, 11:34 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery to roll out 3 new games in October
Numbers games coming sooner than expected because of demand
October will be a busy month for the N.C. Education Lottery.
That's when the state will debut Pick 3 and 5 games and plans to start selling a controversial scratch-off game featuring the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.
The pick-numbers games are coming a little sooner than expected because of high demand from players and retailers, state lottery director Tom Shaheen said. The N.C. lottery started just five months ago. ...
Aug 18, 2006, 3:48 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery announces dates for pick 3, pick 5
The state lottery announced this morning the dates for the start of its next two major games Pick 3 and Pick 5 numbers games.
The Pick 3 game will begin Oct. 6. The Pick 5 game will start Oct. 27.
The games are played similar to the multi-state Powerball game, but with fewer numbers to choose from, better odds and lower prize amounts.
Drawings will be held every day of the week.
Top prize for picking the exact numbers in the Pick 3 game is $500.
Top prize in the Pick 5 game will ...
Aug 16, 2006, 1:54 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lottery
According to North Carolina Lottery officials, a woman's decision to make fruit salad with marshmellows last week may have helped her win a $400,000 Powerball prize.
Big Powerball Jackpot
North Carolina lottery players spent more than $3.7 million dollars last Saturday for a chance to win this past weekend's $204 million Powerball jackpot.
The Powernall jackpot numbers were matched with a single winning ticket in Wisconsin that was bought at a store along the so called Miracle Mile s ...
Aug 11, 2006, 10:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Border Stores Take Hit From N.C. Lottery
Now that North Carolina has a lottery, residents with hopes of striking it rich don't have to head north to Virginia to buy tickets, and retail stores just across the line are feeling the effects.
Virginia lottery director Sheila Hill-Christian said the overall decline of 8 to 10 percent was expected. But she said her state's lottery will make changes in games and install state-of-the-art technology that should enable it to make up the loss within two years.
We'll overcome this, she said ...
Aug 11, 2006, 1:39 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticket
Tammy Church thought her first-ever scratch-off ticket was a winner. The store clerk told her otherwise.
Now, he's charged with a felony for stealing Church's winning lottery ticket. Josh Wesley Price, 32, of Lenoir, is charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense. Police are looking into other possible scams involving Price and other winning tickets.
Church bought the scratch-off ticket at Wilco Hess on Wilkesboro Boulevard in Lenoir on Aug. 1, said Lenoir Police Lt. Brent Phe ...
Aug 11, 2006, 12:48 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery lagging behind revenue estimates
Even with the big Powerball game, North Carolina lottery sales are still lagging behind state estimates.
Willie Scott is the state lottery's latest success story.
I was praying for a financial blessing, and it came, he said.
Scott, a Roxboro father of six who just took a job as a prison guard, won an $800,000 jackpot Wednesday night. He says he does not throw much money in the lottery. In fact, Scott rarely plays.
I've played the Powerball three times before that, he said.
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Aug 7, 2006, 12:12 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. legislature approves lottery oversight committee
Lawmakers will be able to keep a close watch on North Carolina's newly adopted lottery under a bill passed Thursday night.
Both chambers gave the measure final approval in an effort to ensure that the lottery money goes directly to education programs. The nine-member panel will review the lottery's annual revenue and make sure that the division's proceeds are not supplanting existing education funds.
Oversight is needed to keep the General Assembly in touch with something as big as the lo ...
Jul 28, 2006, 8:21 am - - Lottery News forum
