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N.C. man rescues winning lottery ticket in garbageNews Story
Almost threw away $200,000 Powerball lottery ticket After throwing his lottery ticket in the trash, James Dixon, a retired maintenance supervisor from Burlington, realized the lottery numbers he checked were for the previous day. Dixon said something told him to fetch the ticket and check the lottery numbers again. The trash was already down at the street ready to be picked up, Dixon said. I went out and pulled the bag, took it inside and dumped everything into a laundry basket. Di
Jun 3, 2011, 10:03 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket worth $1M purchased in tornado-ravaged N.C. neighborhoodNews Story
Someone purchased a Powerball ticket worth $1 million from a convenience store on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a part of the city wracked by a tornado. The drawing was Wednesday night, and the winner had not come forward late Thursday, said spokesman Van Denton of the N.C. Education Lottery. The ticket was purchased at the Express Mart-New Bern Station near Tarboro Street. The winning numbers are 4-24-40-44-55. If the ticket had the Powerball number 5 the Express Mart cus
Apr 29, 2011, 11:27 am - Lottery News

N.C. store owner accused of stealing winning lottery ticketNews Story
Kecia Nehring Parker's favorite lottery numbers turned out to be lucky in more than one way. Not only did they win her a prize of nearly $88,000, but her clockwork regularity in playing them enabled North Carolina State Education Lottery investigators to track her down after they took the winning ticket from a convenience store owner accused of trying to steal her jackpot. I was very surprised, she said Friday. But it's definitely a good surprise. Dunn police say that when Parker brou
Mar 18, 2011, 4:18 pm - Lottery News

N.C. couple nabbed $1M lottery prize just before it expiredNews Story
Just one day before their winning lottery ticket turned into a scrap of worthless paper, a North Carolina couple has come forward to claim their big million-dollar prize. Erin and Raleigh Hill of Stallings, N.C., had held onto the winning ticket for months, despite lottery authorities' desperate attempts to locate the winners. Raleigh Hill, a baggage handler, told Lotto officials that when he learned he had won, he waited weeks to tell his wife Erin, who works for the federal government. F
Feb 16, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket worth $1 million expires WednesdayNews Story
Odds are the N.C. Lottery is about to hit an unwanted milestone its first unclaimed $1 million ticket. Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket in Stallings, hit all five numbers for the white balls on the Aug. 20 game and won $1 million. But the multistate jackpot prize has gone unclaimed. And if no one shows up with the ticket at lottery headquarters in Raleigh by 5 p.m. Wednesday, the ticket will expire. We really do want to find this person, lottery spokesman Ryan Kennemur said Monday.
Feb 15, 2011, 12:03 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery learning about video gaming operationsNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery formally sought information Monday on how it could operate casino-style video gambling machines should the GOP-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue decide to regulate rather than keep outlawing them. New lottery Executive Director Alice Garland said her agency put out a request for details from companies that have the ability to run a centrally operated video lottery terminal system that would operate multiple games. The request, which sets a
Feb 8, 2011, 8:25 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery gets new directorNews Story
The N.C. Education Lottery Commission tonight named Alice Garland, deputy executive director for legislative and corporate communications, as the new executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery. Garland will be the second director and has served as acting executive director since the first director, Tom Shaheen, announced his resignation in August. Robert Farris, chairman of the commission, said the commission's unanimous vote for Garland concluded a national search that included 55 a
Jan 19, 2011, 8:15 am - Lottery News

States look for winning formulas to spur lottery salesNews Story
Buy a scratch lottery ticket in Georgia, and you can win music downloads or a seat at an Atlanta Falcons game. In New York, one of the top sellers is an all-black ticket as sleek as an Armani suit. And in Texas, where they brag that everything is bigger, a single ticket goes for $50. With state budgets in crisis and lottery-financed programs like prekindergarten being considered for cuts, the pressure is on to make lottery tickets more attractive to casual scratchers and people who may have n
Dec 23, 2010, 7:37 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery making changes to counter weak salesNews Story
Additional draws to be added in Feb.; search narrows for new director North Carolina lottery commissioners estimated Wednesday the program will earn $40 million less than expected in the current year because of weak ticket sales another financial blow for a state education system already bracing for budget cuts. The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission revised its sales estimate in approving a new budget. That plan projects the lottery will be able to provide about $402 million for
Dec 16, 2010, 9:24 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery increases prize percentageNews Story
Critics decry smaller education 'slice of pie' Like or loathe the state lottery, there's no question the total amount it generates for education keeps growing. One thing that isn't growing, however, is the percentage that goes to schools. The funding formula keeps changing. Since its inception, state lawmakers and lottery leaders tweaked the funding formula in an effort to increase ticket sales. A new report from the nonprofit watchdog group North Carolina Policy Watch shows just how mu
Sep 26, 2010, 11:12 am - Lottery News