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.

The Lamp: Dark Arts allows players to wager between 50 cents and $30. Following Cox's win, the "Cadabra" jackpot reset to $25,000 and has since grown to over $31,000. A Stedman man turned his passion for the digital instant game The Lamp: Dark Arts into a $123,503 lottery jackpot last Friday.

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 man went to a store to get cash to pay for a haircut when he bought a $20 Ruby Red 7’s lottery scratch-off ticket leading to a huge prize

A North Carolina car salesman said he was “excited as a banjo” after he won $100,000 from a scratch-off ticket. According to North Carolina

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.

“I did about three or four takes,” Hinnant told the North Carolina Education Lottery in an Oct. 20 news release. She wasn’t the only person who had trouble grasping the six-figure prize. “I called my mom and said, ‘I think I won,’” Hinnant told lottery officials. “She was in disbelief .”

McDowell County resident Gary McNeely took home a nice lottery win recently, and he picked up his winnings in Raleigh.

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

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 ...