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Lottery newsBurlington man rescues $200,000 Powerball ticket from garbageSubmitted by WWAY on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 3:36pm.READ MORE:
James Dixon matched all five white balls in the May 21 drawing but tossed the ticket in the garbage after checking his numbers in the newspaper. Fifteen minutes after taking the garbage out for pickup, he realized the numbers he checked were from a previous day’s edition. Something told him to get his ticket from the garbage and compare his numbers to those on the lottery’s website.
Full story... » WRAL: Police say lottery ticket purchased at Carolina Beach pocketed by Dunn store ownerSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 2:44pm.READ MORE:
A Dunn convenience store owner faces theft and fraud charges after he allegedly kept a customer's winning lottery ticket for himself, police said Thursday.
Full story... » Whiteville farmer wins million dollars on lottery ticketSubmitted by Scott Pickey on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 5:50pm.READ MORE:
Russell Menser, a farmer from Whiteville, can count himself among the luckiest people in Columbus County after the Powerball ticket he purchased for the Feb. 26 drawing wound up being worth $1 million.
Full story... » Local single mom wins $200k in SC LotterySubmitted by Scott Pickey on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 3:10pm.READ MORE:
For a single mom from Wilmington, NC, winning $200,000 on a South Carolina Education Lottery ticket was just the break she needed to be able to go back to school.
Full story... » Pender County man retires after $226,962 “Cash 5” winSubmitted by Scott Pickey on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 3:22pm.READ MORE:
Rick Poole, a 66-year-old courier from Hampstead in Pender County, says he plans to retire for a second time now that he’s won $226,962 playing the N.C. Education Lottery’s “Carolina Cash 5” game.
Full story... » Powerball hits record numberSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 5:17pm.READ MORE:
A quarter-billion dollars - that is how much one lucky person could win in Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot.
The jackpot is currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
Full story... » Lottery chairman prefers salary discretionSubmitted by WWAY on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 2:21pm.READ MORE:
The chairman of the state lottery commission believes the lottery needs discretion in determining pay raises for its employees.
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