Six Weeks of Powerball Sales Create $6.3M for Education, NC Education Lottery Pays Out $21.7M Last Week

Oct. 2, 2012. RALEIGH – The excitement this week about a $202 million Powerball jackpot ended with the winning ticket sold in Iowa, but the sales around the jackpot as it grew to that size led to some big wins for North Carolina players and boosted the amount of money the N.C. Education Lottery will return this year for education.

The jackpot rolled over 11 times during the six weeks of sales. Initial estimates indicate sales will generate more than $6.3 million for education.

More than 223,000 tickets won prizes totaling more than $2.8 million in the 12 total drawings, including one $1 million prize. Retailers across the state earned more than $1.1 million in commissions from Powerball sales through the weeks the jackpot rolled.

The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is an estimated $40 million if taken as an annuity or $25.7 million if taken as a lump sum. Wednesday’s Powerball drawing produced 28,646 winning tickets in the state. Prizes ranged from $4 to $10,000 and totaled $226,075. The Saturday, Sept. 22 drawing produced 24,066  winning tickets, totaling $176,881 with amounts ranging from $4 to $10,000.

Big Winner Report

Raleigh woman to buy home with $5,000 a Week for Life! prize

“I can’t believe it’s true. I know that it’s real, but it hasn’t sunk in yet,” Maha Natour said.

High Point woman scratches off $1 million top prize

Victoria Williams purchased her winning 20X The Money ticket at the Pantry Shop on East Lexington Avenue in High Point.

Lumberton Couple to pay off mortgage with $319,680 Cash 5 win

“We had just won $321 dollars the night before,” Robert Stallings said. “So we decided to use some of those winnings to buy ten more Cash 5 tickets. The next morning when we saw the numbers online, we must have checked it 30 times. This feels wonderful.”

Weekly Game Report

Mega Millions: Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $21 million if taken as an annuity or $15.9 million if taken as a lump sum. In Tuesday’s drawing, 9,274 tickets won prizes ranging from $2 to $30,000 and totaled $115,263. In the Friday, Sept. 21 drawing, 8,484 tickets won $62,702 in prizes ranging from $2 to $600.

N.C. Games: Since Thursday, Sept. 20, players have collected more than $16.8 million in prizes from instant games. Carolina Pick 3 players won more than $2.5 million in prizes. Carolina Pick 4 players won more than $1.1 million including 72 top prizes of $5,000. Carolina Cash 5 players won more than $614,000. In all, the Education Lottery awarded more than $21.7 million in prizes to players of lottery games.

Other winners across North Carolina

This week, additional players have claimed prizes of $10,000 or more on tickets sold throughout the state.

 

Winners in the Sept. 26 Powerball drawing:

Winner                                    Hometown                 Amount Won            Store Where Ticket Was Purchased

Betty Barnhill                      Ash                           $10,000                     Shallotte Family Fare #418

                                                                                                            4585 Main St., Shallotte

Unknown                            Unknown                   $10,000                     7-Eleven #24554

                                                                                                            3868 N. Croatan Highway, Kitty Hawk

Myrtle Manning                   Goldsboro                  $10,000                     Kangaroo Express #894

                                                                                                            515 E. New Hope Rd., Goldsboro

Winners in the Sept. 25 Mega Millions drawing:

Winner                                    Hometown                 Amount Won            Store Where Ticket Was Purchased

Unknown                            Unknown                   $30,000                     Rob and Ray’s Grocery

                                                                                                            201 Madison St., Reidsville

Ronald Gore                       Longwood                  $30,000                     Inman’s Country Store

                                                                                                            2116 Longwood Rd., Longwood

Winner in the Sept. 22 Powerball drawing:

Winner                                    Hometown                 Amount Won            Store Where Ticket Was Purchased

Unknown                            Unknown                   $10,000                     Wilco #136

                                                                                                            104 W. N.C. 67 Bypass, East Bend

Winner in the Aug. 18 Powerball drawing:

Winner                                    Hometown                 Amount Won            Store Where Ticket Was Purchased

William Johnson                 Dobson                      $10,000                     Just$ave #22

                                                                                                            911 E. Atkins St., Dobson

Instant scratch-off ticket top tier prize winners:

Winners                                 Hometown                 Amount Won            Game Played

Albert Lahaye                     Charlotte                   $20,000                     $4,000,000 Cash Blowout

Joyce Brock                       Beaulaville                 $10,000                     $5,000 a Week for Life!

George Griffin                     Rocky Mount             $10,000                     $2,500 a Week for Life!

Ashlie Hudson                    Rutherfordton             $10,000                     $2,500 a Week for Life!

Gregory Smith                    Wake Forest              $10,000                     $2,500 a Week for Life!

Randy Wallace                   Rockingham              $10,000                     Maximum Green

Gina White                         Fayetteville                $10,000                     $5,000 a Week for Life!

 

To date, the N.C. Education Lottery has raised more than $2.45 billion for the state and education initiatives it serves. Net proceeds are used for prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds,  teachers’ salaries in grades K-3 with a goal of keeping class size low, school construction and need-based college scholarships and financial aid. For prizes of $5,000 and greater,  25% federal tax and 7% state tax are automatically withheld.