This week’s biggest wins came from three instant scratch-off tickets sold in the mountains and in eastern North Carolina.
The largest win of the week went to Paulette Rinderknecht of Fredericksburg, Va., who won the $750,000 top prize in the Jumbo Bucks game. She purchased the lucky $10 ticket at the New Dixie Mart on U.S. 17 in Williamston. {Read More}
Harrison Lawrence of Asheville became the latest player to win $200,000 playing the 20X The Cash game. {Read More}
Windsor resident Oges Lemond won $100,000 playing the $120 Million Cash game. {Read More}
Seventeen more players won prizes of $10,000 to $64,609 this week. They are:
Hometown Winner Prize Won Game Played
Bailey Necola Powell $50,000 10X The Cash
Bostic Christopher Carson $10,000 Millionaire 7’s
Butner Richard Riley $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Charlotte Frederick Green $50,000 10X The Cash
Clayton Michael Butler $10,000 50X The Cash
Clemmons Grace Rogers $53,000 Carolina Cash 5 (11-30-14)
Creedmoor Pradip Patel $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Farmville Amer Nasser $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Fayetteville Konstantinos Kalyvas $10,000 100X The Cash
Greensboro Norris Staton $10,000 $
Kings Mountain Lonnie LeClair $30,000 Powerball (3-28-15)
Laurinburg Christy Strickland $50,000 $50,000 Lucky Numbers
Lewiston Woodville James Mitchell $10,000 Powerball (3-25-15)
Manteo Karen Smith $64,609 Carolina Cash 5 (3-23-15)
Matthews Russell Muller $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Tyner Shirley Kirby $28,281 Carolina Cash 5 (3-25-15)
Winston-Salem Mark Stiller $10,000 $200 Million Blowout
From March 27 through April 1, instant players won $16 million and draw game players won $4 million, including $3.6 million from North Carolina draw games Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and All or Nothing. Since last weekend’s drawings, Mega Millions and Powerball players won more than $428,000 in prizes. In all, players won more than $20 million in prizes statewide.
Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $3.6 billion for the state. Net proceeds will be used this 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.