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North Carolina woman "cried all the way home" after winning "life-changing" $723,755 lottery jackpotNews Story
Winner hopes the prize will convince her husband to retire By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman could not hold back the tears after winning a life-changing Fast Play jackpot worth $723,755. To say Cynthia Neely of Gold Hill was overwhelmed with joy was an understatement the tears did not stop flowing even as she drove all the way home after winning an entire North Carolina Lottery Fast Play jackpot. On July 11, Neely's $10 Jackpot 7's Fast Play purchase won her 100% of the jac
Jul 25, 2023, 11:20 am - Lottery News

VIDEO: July's Weekly Roundup in lottery newsNews Story
Dreamers and positive thinkers, this one is for you! By Kate Northrop Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the latest lottery stories. Lottery players that believe in positive affirmations and good karma may want to take note from a few of these winners. Years after tragedy struck an Iowa couple, a woman found herself gazing at a winning Powerball ticket worth $2 million, giving her the means to tie up loose ends from long
Jul 7, 2023, 5:08 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman who won $200,000 in the lottery "spoke it into existence"News Story
Lottery winner credits the power of suggestion and positive thinking By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman who uncovered a $200,000 prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket said she spoke it into existence. Shannon Overby of Madison was filled with confidence when she bought her latest winning lottery ticket at Mayodan Marathon on North 2nd Avenue in Mayodan, telling her son that she was going to win big. I told [my son], 'I'm going to win this, Overby said to the North Carolina
Jun 23, 2023, 12:32 pm - Lottery News

VIDEO: May's Weekly Roundup in lottery newsNews Story
Cashier steals a $3 million winning lottery ticket from customer will this end well? By Kate Northrop Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of May. This month has seen a wide variety of notable news, from feel-good winners' stories to instances where winning the lottery might come with a negative consequence. One instance saw an Australian man win $15 million in the lottery an
May 26, 2023, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina lottery winner to use $100,000 prize to fund schools in MaliNews Story
Lottery win will benefit education in-state and overseas Includes video report By Kate Northrop A $100,000 lottery win is giving a North Carolina man the chance to contribute to his hometown in Mali by funding education and culture for schoolchildren there. New Bern resident and Mali native Souleymane Sana is making sure his $100,000 prize is benefiting his hometown in a number of ways. I'm going to keep doing my best to help build more classrooms for the children in Mali, Sa
May 22, 2023, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman wins $1 million lottery prize a week after buying houseNews Story
First-time homeowner gets more than she bargained for By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman who bought her first house won $1 million in the lottery just a week after closing on the home. Patricia Simmons of Greensboro is a first-time homeowner. One week after finalizing the purchase, she became a millionaire, too. Simmons was feeling lucky a week after closing on a house for the first time and visited the Fairway One Stop convenience store on South Elm Eugene Street in Greensb
May 10, 2023, 8:20 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman credits long line for $100,000 lottery prizeNews Story
Impatience is a virtue By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman credits her $100,000 lottery win to a long line and a last-minute decision. While the saying goes that patience is a virtue, in Debra Ross' case, it's impatience that won the day and granted her a six-figure lottery prize. On Good Friday, the 61-year-old Charlotte resident was waiting in line to buy a lottery ticket at the Publix Super Market on South Tyron Street in Charlotte, but things were not moving as fast as Ro
Apr 17, 2023, 11:38 am - Lottery News

New knees for North Carolina $150,000 Powerball winnerNews Story
Lucky winner will be able to pay for essential surgery By Kate Northrop A North Carolina lottery player will be able to get knee replacement surgery after winning a $150,000 Powerball prize. Ronda Isaac, 57, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, will be finally able to undergo a long-awaited double knee replacement surgery thanks to the $150,000 Powerball prize she scooped up earlier this month. I finally get my new knees, she laughed. When you work standing up all the time, that's pret
Jan 16, 2023, 3:17 pm - Lottery News

Getting that dough: North Carolina man wins $1 million due to donut cravingNews Story
Donut even think about your next lottery purchase just dough for it By Kate Northrop Hole-y moly! A North Carolina man found himself sprinting down the street after he won a $1 million lottery prize from a scratch-off game (likely burning those calories he had from the donuts he was craving). Jay Mays of Selma credits his donut craving for getting him out the door and into the store to buy a lottery ticket that turned out to be worth $1 million. There's two things that might send
Oct 19, 2022, 8:42 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman wins $500,000 after entering lottery draw minutes before sales closedNews Story
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,
Oct 16, 2022, 5:25 pm - Lottery News