This week, players across the state scratched and matched their way to more than $22.9 million in prizes this week, including two $1 million wins.
The first big winner of the week is Catherine Harris, an engineer from Raleigh. She said that on the morning of Feb. 11 she woke up with a feeling that it was going to be a great day. Little did she know that she and her two brothers would go on to win $1 million in that night’s Powerball drawing. {Read More}
Alex Walls of Laurinburg says that besides his lovely wife, winning $1 million on a 50X The Cash scratch-off ticket is the best Valentine’s Day gift he’s ever received. {Read More}
Nineteen instant prizes of $10,000 to $52,516 were claimed by winners. They are:
Hometown Winner Prize Won Game Played
Battleboro William Bryant $50,000 $200 Million Blowout
Charlotte James Alexander $50,000 $200 Million Blowout
Charlotte Virgilio Barreto $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Cherokee Greg Smith $10,000 $200 Million Blowout
Durham Ernest Witherspoon $25,000 $200,000 Jackpot
Durham Charles Benedict $10,000 20X The Cash
Enka Virgile Ramsey $10,000 20X The Cash
Fayetteville Martin Hughes $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Garner Ronnie Johnson $10,000 Golden 7’s
Greenville Carolyn Parker $10,000 5X The Cash
Greenville Thurnall Robertson $10,000 Jumbo Bucks
High Point Henry Harris $10,000 20X The Cash
Hudson Barbara Miller $50,000 50X The Cash
Mount Pleasant Gary Massiello $69,198 Carolina Cash 5 / 2-13-15
Raleigh Danielle Jones $50,000 50X The Cash
Weaverville Sonia Escobedo $10,000 Powerball / 2-11-15
Wilmington Brenda Williams $10,000 50X The Cash
Winnabow Ronald Pezzote $52,516 Carolina Cash 5 / 2-18-15
Winston-Salem Kimberly Ahlstrom $10,000 $120 Million Cash
From Feb. 13 through Feb. 19, instant players won more than $18 million and draw game players won $4.9 million, including $4.6 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 $313,247 in prizes.
Carolina Pick 3 players won more than $3 million in prizes this week. The Feb. 19 evening drawing’s 2-1-9 number combination resulted in $1,168,849 in prizes to 5,998 tickets.
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.
For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.
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For prizes greater than $5,000, 25% federal tax and 5.75% state tax are automatically withheld.