North Carolina woman wins $500,000 after entering lottery draw minutes before sales closed

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:41:39 GMT

Nothing in the story seems to have come from a lottery employee, so for all we know she bought the ticket at noon on Saturday at her local Piggly Wiggly.

That said, because the sales cutoff time is 10:58 you can tickets at 4 minutes to 11. There's a fair chance that she thought the drawing is at 11 and bought the ticket at 10:56. Or maybe she bought it at 10:54, saw a notice that said sales stop in 4 minutes and thought that meant the drawing was in 4 minutes.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:09:03 GMT

A lot can be done in 4 minutes. You could avoid a head on collision, the Powerball spin lasts less than 4 minutes you could end up being the sole winner of that jackpot- all in under 240 seconds.

Comment #7

itpmguru — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:57:28 GMT

Only RNG here is Keno. P3/P4/Cash5 are balls, but they pre-tape video of the machines and what they want to show as the winner . But yes, they have ruined the games for people here as well.

Comment #6

Artist77 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:24:40 GMT

The article states it was 4 minutes before sales closed and not 4 minutes before the drawing.

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:27:01 GMT

Please tell me that they, NCEL, did not ruin their games like Kentucky did by switching to RNG games

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:25:55 GMT

Do they specify that you cannot do that?

Just pulled up my account and it gives the exact date and time a purchase was made. She probably isn't on LP to defend herself. Wish she was so she could have the transaction printed on here with redactions made if credit card #, address, what have you, is shown. Otherwise this might be construed as hearsay?

This was in response to JAMORA, forget to click include in reply.

Comment #3

JAMORA — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:48:08 GMT

You can't buy a ticket 4 minutes before the drawing here in NC. Geez....

Comment #2

itpmguru — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:30:38 GMT

NCE(xtortion) Lottery will let you win, when they want free publicity. P3/P4/Cash5 are all rigged, prerecorded and as I said, you will win if they want you to win period!

Congrats the winner. I have not won on a QP in P3 in over a year now. Prior to that, it was a few times a month, not anymore since Mafia Mark from IGT gaming took over.

Guard your wallets NC

Comment #1

Cassie8620 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:52:05 GMT

O' Wow. So awesome how she waited til' the very last minute! #CONGRATS

This very lucky $$$ middle age woman, is able now to live better, while she put it to good use.

To live more comfortably, if it is managed right. So happy for her, and pay it forward, to remain blessed.

Some do wait til' last minute to play.

I'm guilty of that with my lucky pick 4 combinations at times. Congrats

North Carolina woman wins $500,000 after entering lottery draw minutes before sales closed

Lottery Post — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:25:00 GMT

Credits the spirit for literal last-minute decision that was worth a half-million dollars

By Kate Northrop

A North Carolina woman won a $501,544 Cash 5 prize after a voice motivated her to enter a lottery drawing just minutes before ticket sales closed.

Stephanie Israel of Browns Summit described an urge to buy a lottery ticket late at night on Sat., Oct. 8, a literal last-minute decision that left her a half a million dollars richer.

It was late at night and I was lying in bed,