N.C. lottery winner claims big prize
Rowan County man collects N.C.'s first million-dollar jackpot
The winning numbers on the Powerball sign looked familiar to Victor Buddy Poplin on Thursday morning.
He was making his usual visit to the East Side Kwik Stop convenience store, a couple blocks from home in Granite Quarry, in Rowan County. He got out his ticket and quickly learned he was North Carolina's first winner of $1 million, the biggest prize yet in the state's two-month-old lottery and one of three million-dollar lotte ...
Jun 9, 2006, 6:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Employee charged with stealing lottery tickets
An employee of a Bath convenience store allegedly made off with 59 North Carolina Lottery tickets Saturday and cashed in the winnings a day later.
Several of the winning stolen tickets were converted to cash and a money order at a convenience store in Washington Sunday. The winnings from the stolen tickets totaled $102.
Jamie DeJong Carpenter, 24, of 23 Deerfield Lane, Chocowinity, was charged with one count of larceny by employee and two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses Wed ...
Jun 2, 2006, 10:21 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battle
Tar Heel state outsells S.C.; an N.C. ticket holder wins $200,000
North Carolina's lottery won its first head-to-head showdown with South Carolina's game this week. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than its southern neighbor during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states.
An N.C. lottery ticket holder also won big. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in North Carolina won $200,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, N.C. Ed ...
Jun 2, 2006, 7:51 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Powerball lottery sales begin, with difficulty
Computer glitches and printer problems hit 20% of vendors
North Carolinians played Powerball to the tune of more than $1 million during the first day of sales Tuesday, despite computer glitches and printer problems that plagued nearly 20 percent of the state's lottery retailers.
Many ticket buyers and sellers in the Charlotte area were upbeat, even though some stores could not sell tickets for the multi-state lottery game for several hours.
The new game paid off in sales for Victor Madh ...
May 31, 2006, 9:51 am - - Lottery News forum
TV network chosen to air N.C. Lottery drawings
The Triangle's CBS affiliate has been chosen to produce and air the nightly number drawings for the North Carolina Education Lottery, with the first lottery broadcast coming later this month with a drawing for the multi-state Powerball game.
WRAL-TV in Raleigh won out over WTVD-TV in Durham for the right to show the drawings on its station and provide it to other television outlets statewide. WRAL was the choice of an evaluation committee and executive director Tom Shaheen.
The N.C. Educat ...
May 18, 2006, 9:39 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery expenses may top $96 million
In its first few months of operation, the N.C. Education Lottery is spending most of its money on staff salaries, contracted services and new vehicles.
The lottery could spend as much as $96 million on operations over the course of a year, assuming it meets its projected $1.2 billion annually in ticket sales. Under state law, the lottery can spend up to 8 percent of its sales on operations, which includes advertising, staff salaries, equipment and other costs.
Tom Shaheen, the lottery's e ...
May 15, 2006, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Rising Gas Prices Not Helping Lottery Ticket Sales
People have spent more than $100 million in the past month buying lottery tickets in North Carolina. The state is pleased with the results, but officials say the take could be even bigger.
So, what's holding things back?
Some believe it's high gas prices. Actually, these days it seems like you have to win the lottery just to be able to afford gas.
Reginald Williams drives all the time for his home improvement business. He's keeping expenses down by not buying non-necessities like lotter ...
May 4, 2006, 11:48 am - - Lottery News forum
Wake County leading N.C. lottery sales
The North Carolina Education Lottery sold more than $100 million worth of lottery tickets in its first month of operation, and Wake County brought in more sales than any other county in the state.
According to data released by lottery officials on Monday, Wake County sold more than $7.6 million worth of lottery tickets in the games' first month, topping second-place Guilford County by more than $1.87 million or about 32 percent.
Durham County sold about $3 million worth of tickets in the ...
May 4, 2006, 10:48 am - - Lottery News forum
Thief can't resist lure of lottery tickets
A jackpot-seeking thief swooped into a south Raleigh convenience store early Saturday morning, grabbed a plastic dispenser filled with $1,100 worth of lottery tickets and then ran away, according to police.
The guy just came into the store and talked to the clerk for a bit, said Dawda Jack, manager of the BP Amoco Station at 1969 Rock Quarry Road. Then he pulled a whole rack of tickets from the counter. He walked out -- we had it on tape and everything.
Raleigh police said officers cau ...
May 1, 2006, 7:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Expect N.C. lottery changes to affirm education spending
When the North Carolina General Assembly returns for session next week, lawmakers won't have to answer the question they've been asked to speculate on for years: Will the lottery finally pass?
It finally did last August.
The North Carolina Education Lottery began selling its first scratch-off tickets March 30. Sales had surpassed $100 million by late Friday and should soar when the multistate Powerball gets under way at the end of May.
I think they did a great job getting the lottery u ...
May 1, 2006, 7:20 am - - Lottery News forum
