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N.C. man wins $10 million from scratch-off lottery ticketNews Story
Iron worker's big win is the largest scratch-off lottery prize in the state By Kate Northrop On his way home from work, Wade Harmon purchased some lottery tickets at the Big Boy's Truck Stop on Bagley Road in Kenly. He originally stopped to try his luck on the Pick 3 and Pick 4 lottery games. His decision to tack on an additional $30 scratch-off ticket to his purchase awarded him the $10 million top prize, the largest scratch-off prize in the state. In a news release by lottery official
May 18, 2020, 4:38 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina healthcare delivery driver almost faints after winning $150,000 lottery jackpotNews Story
N.C. Lottery shifts toward new prize claim safety measures By Kate Northrop James Joyce works as a healthcare driver, delivering medicine to hospitals and clinics. Every day after work, he routinely picks up a Cash 5 ticket with EZ Match on his way home. In the morning following the April 21 draw, he checked his numbers and discovered that he was the winner of the $149,814 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot. I almost fainted, Joyce remarked. He purchased the winning ticket at the Crossroads Ex
May 12, 2020, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Coronavirus impacting North Carolina lottery salesNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery has increased sales which climbed to $2.6 billion in 2018, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries every year since it was established in 2005. A global health crisis could change that. As the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb across North Carolina and Gov. Roy Cooper weighs extending a statewide stay-at-home order, the lottery is experiencing a marked decrease in players. That's in part by design, o
Apr 17, 2020, 12:06 pm - Lottery News

NC couple married 70 years has weekly lottery tradition that finally paid offNews Story
For James and Maxine Hilliker of Lumberton, North Carolina, a tradition of playing the lottery together led to a $768,862 Cash 5 jackpot win a week before their 70th wedding anniversary. Our wedding anniversary is next week and today is my 90th birthday, said James after receiving the big check. I can't even believe this is real. I just can't believe it. For the Hillikers, playing Cash 5 together is a weekly tradition that has become a special part of their morning routine. We go to
Feb 3, 2020, 11:09 am - Lottery News

After answering what he thought was a robocall, N.C. man learns he won $1 million lottery prizeNews Story
Malek Dabwan of Goldsboro got a call from lottery officials telling him he had won a prize, but he was skeptical at first, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. I thought it was a robocall for a minute, Dabwan told lottery officials of the phone call. But then you said my name and I got excited. He went to claim his prize Wednesday and found out he had won $1 million in the lottery's $300,000,000 Supreme Riches Second-Chance drawing, according to the lottery. His ticket w
Dec 14, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Cashier's mix-up ends in lottery jackpot win for man on his first visit to NCNews Story
A man on his first trip to North Carolina ended up with a $100,000 souvenir. It was all thanks to a cashier who made a mistake, the N.C. Education Lottery said Monday in a news release. Melvin Rose got the jackpot prize after he came from Tennessee to work on a painting and restoration project, according to the news release. That's when he decided to stop by a store in Hickory, roughly 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. Rose went to the Raceway gas station on U.S. 321 and asked for $5
Dec 11, 2019, 8:16 pm - Lottery News

Mover who plays the lottery in every state finally hits the jackpot in North CarolinaNews Story
A stop in North Carolina paid off big for a mover from New York. Iffetayo Adjele of Bronx, N.Y. said he's tried his luck all across America, but it wasn't until he stopped in North Carolina that it paid off with a $100,000 Cash 5 jackpot. I work for a moving company, Adjele said. Every week, every day, I'm some place different. I play the lottery in every state I'm in, and hope that one day I'll get lucky. The lucky day came Friday, Nov.1, when Adjele stopped at the TravelCenters of A
Nov 27, 2019, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Veterans Day turns jubilant for 70-year-old Army vet after he wins lottery in NCNews Story
A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Ernest Dodson bought the Cash 5 ticket at Sons of Nie, an Asian market in Greensboro, and realized the next morning that it was worth $276,688, lottery officials announced on Veterans Day. He paid $1 for the ticket. I about fell over, Dodson said in the release. I'm tickled to death that I can be debt free. Federal an
Nov 11, 2019, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

Woman who won lottery before wedding wins again on anniversaryNews Story
A North Carolina woman who won a $50,000 lottery jackpot three days before her wedding scored another big win on her one year anniversary. Genia Harrell of Vanceboro told North Carolina Education Lottery officials her first brush with lottery luck came in October 2018, when she won $50,000 from a Powerball drawing. Harrell said she experienced a sense of deja vu when she scored a $5,000 prize from the Lottery's October Lucke-Rewards drawing. It's crazy, Harrell said. It's unbelievable.
Nov 8, 2019, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

Man battling cancer wins $200,000 lottery on his last day of chemotherapyNews Story
The North Carolina lottery commission shared a heartwarming story about a cancer survivor who got lucky in more ways than one after snagging a winning scratch-off ticket. Ronnie Foster, of Pink Hill, North Carolina, found out that he'd won a $200,000 lottery prize as he made his way to his final cancer treatment, according to the NC Education Lottery. I was already happy because it was my last round of chemo, Foster, who's battling colon cancer, said in a statement Sunday. Winning this ma
Oct 28, 2019, 7:41 am - Lottery News