Twenty-two players across the state collected prizes from $10,000 to $1 million this week, including a resident of Newland. The biggest win went to Wanda Stroud, a government employee from Chester S.C. She plans to use the $1 million prize she won playing 50X The Cash to buy a new car, share with her daughters and save for the future. {Read More}
Draw Game Report
The Powerball jackpot continued to roll this week and is now an estimated $133 million if taken as an annuity or $84.9 million if taken as a lump sum.
Two players won big prizes this week after playing Powerball. Michael Harrison, who works for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greensboro, won $10,000 in the Aug. 29 drawing. He used a series of family birthdays to pick his lucky numbers. He said he plans to use his winnings to put a down payment on a house and take a vacation.
Sharon Fox of Pinebluff matched four white balls and the red Powerball to win $10,000 in the Aug. 26 drawing.
Players holding tickets for tonight’s Mega Millions drawing have a chance at an $85 million annuity or $52.4 million if the cash option is chosen.
The Carolina Cash 5 game brought good luck to three players this week. Genova Webb of Monroe won $64,809 after matching all five numbers in the Aug. 22 drawing. Charles Morgan of Laurel Hill won $53,000 in the Aug. 30 drawing. Charles Hairston of Winston-Salem won the $50,000 jackpot in the Aug. 28 drawing.
Instant Game Report
Four players won $50,000 this week:
- Charlotte resident Jewel Hayden, Junior Big Ol’ Bucks
- Charlotte resident Yput Mloduondu, 100X The Cash
- Goldsboro resident Charles Jacobs, 5X Crossword
- Winston-Salem resident Jose Bonilla, 50X The Cash
In other scratch-off wins, Maria Gonzalez of Lillington became the latest player to win the $30,000 top prize in the Double Match game. Charlotte resident Leslie Crockett won $25,000 playing the new BBQ Bucks game. Tincy Davis of Clinton won $20,000 playing Lucky 13.
Nine players scratched their way to instant prizes of $10,000. They are:
- Durham resident Charles Goldstein, $200 Million Blowout
- Durham resident Marlon Spencer, 50X The Cash
- Fayetteville resident Larry Johnson, Jumbo Bucks
- Greensboro resident Shelton Lemons, $200 Million Blowout
- Hillsborough resident Sonya Satterfield, 100X The Cash
- Kittrell resident Michelle Overby, $200 Million Blowout
- Leland resident Valient Simoncic, 50X The Cash
- Newland resident Heather Turner, $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
- Vanceboro resident Barbara Sidwell, $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Since Aug. 27, instant players won $21.8 million and draw game players won $4.3 million, including more than $3.9 million from North Carolina draw games Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and All or Nothing. Mega Millions and Powerball players won $387,106 in prizes. Overall, players won $26.1 million this week.
Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than half a billion dollars for the state annually. Net proceeds were used last year to help pay salaries of teachers and teacher assistants, for pre-kindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, for school construction and repair, and need-based college scholarships and financial aid.