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

Stedman resident William Cox was playing his favorite digital instant game on Oct. 24, when he put $5 toward the jackpot, according to an Oct. 30 news release from the NC Education Lottery. The game is called The Lamp: Dark Arts, and Cox played into the “Cadabra” jackpot, according to the release.

“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 .”

A North Carolina man who stopped to get some cash to pay for a haircut ended up winning a $100,000 lottery prize during his brief visit to a convenience store.

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.

GASTONIA, N.C. (WKRC) - A North Carolina man is celebrating a life-changing win after purchasing a $1 Cash 5 ticket worth more than $1 million. Ray Walker of Gastonia won a $1,022,795 jackpot from the Oct. 21 drawing after buying a Quick Pick ticket at a convenience store.

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 Education Lottery officials, Gary McNeely, a car salesman living in McDowell County claimed the prize on Tuesday.

KELLY, THANK YOU. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY RAISED MORE THAN $1 BILLION FOR SCHOOLS, WHICH BY FAR EXCEEDED THE EDUCATION FUNDING GOAL OF 935 MILLION SET BY THE STATE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES HOW THE MONEY WILL ...

A North Carolina man is $100,000 richer after winning the lottery from a $50 scratch-off.The North Carolina Lottery says Jeffrey Douglas of Cherryville won the money on his 31st wedding anniversary last Sunday.When Douglas won, he texted a photo of the ...