Grandmothers have a knack for remembering important dates, and that habit paid off big for a woman in need of a big number for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Phyllis Costin says she used “some family birthdays and my anniversary” to come up with 4, 17, 22, 37 and 38 on a $1 Cash Five ticket.

There are multiple chances to win big in Mega Millions and Powerball this week in North Carolina as jackpots combine to over $1.2 billion. Tonight’s Powerball drawing

A $10 lottery ticket purchased at a Harris Teeter in eastern North Carolina paid off with the kind of cash that will forever change a couple's life. Krystal Hastings and James Patana of Wilmington won a $1 million prize playing the Lucky Loteria scratch-off game,

Call it stubborn or call it determined, but a North Carolina substitute teacher just won a lottery jackpot after playing the same numbers for six years. Barbara Munford, of Hope Mills, hit it big in Nov. 3 Cash 5 drawing, using the seemingly random series: 6, 9, 19, 25 and 32.

It was just the right place, right time,” Cox said. The lottery player intends to use his winnings to visit his grandchildren in Michigan and pay some bills, he said. The Lam

A North Carolina lottery player’s $1 ticket scored a top jackpot, but no one immediately claimed the prize, officials at lottery headquarters in Raleigh said Tuesday, Oct. 7. NC Education Lottery A North Carolina lottery player’s $1 ticket scored a ...

Ray Walker recently won $1 million in the North Carolina Lottery after spending just $1 on the Cash 5 game. Walker revealed that he plans to put the money in the bank and perhaps travel to Florida to see family.

A ruckus heard around midnight at a man’s home in Gastonia, North Carolina, was his over-the-top reaction at learning a $1 lottery ticket had beaten odds of 1 in 962,598. Ray Walker says he discovered he won $1,022,795 in the Cash Five drawing just after 12 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, according to the N.C. Education Lottery.

A North Carolina man’s quick stop at a store after a haircut led to him winning a huge lottery prize. “It was just a usual Saturday at first,” Oscar Galdamez Rosales told lottery officials, an Oct. 27 news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery said. “I had a haircut.”

All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket ...

A North Carolina woman learned the value of persistence when playing the same set of lottery numbers for six years resulted in her winning a $154,168 jackpot.