Since last Thursday, 18 players scratched and matched their way to 17 prizes from $10,000 to $1 million.
The biggest win of the week went to Nancy Smythe of Chapel Hill, who won $1 million in the June 3 Powerball drawing. She purchased her lucky ticket at the Cedar Village Family Fare on Weaver Dairy Road in Chapel Hill. {Read More}
Just down the road in Durham, Rosa Guerrero became the first player to win the top prize of $100,000 playing the Bonus Corners Crossword instant game. She purchased her lucky ticket at the Rose Mart on Wake Forest Highway in Durham. {Read More}
Finally, for three years playing the lottery together each week, Robert Ventry of Belmont and Benjamin Kroll of Charlotte hoped that one day they’d win big. Their hope came true on June 19 when their Quick Pick ticket matched all five numbers in that night’s Cash 5 drawing, winning the $289,952 jackpot. {Read More}
Fourteen other players won prizes from $10,000 to $54,962 this week. They are:
Hometown Winner Prize Won Game Played
Charlotte Luis Mejia $10,000 100X The Cash
Deep Run Wanda Brady $20,000 $1,000,000 Jackpot
Durham Carlos Carmona $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Fairmont Lawrence Pozza $54,962 Carolina Cash 5 (6/21/15)
Goldsboro Willie Rhodes $10,000 $200 Million Blowout
Greenville William Overton $10,000 100X The Cash
Hubert Benjamin Newman $10,000 $50 Mayhem
Lumberton Valeria Teal $40,000 Powerball (6/24/15)
Marion Aaron Thompson $10,000 King’s Ransom
Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mayurkumar Patel $10,000 100X The Cash
Troutman Luther Moten $10,000 Millionaire 7’s
Wake Forest Jammie Yarborough $50,000 Junior Big Ol’ Bucks
Washington Charles Knight $25,000 Mega Millions (5/22/15)
Washington Timothy Askew $10,000 $200 Million Blowout
This week, instant players won $16 million and draw game players won more than $5.9 million, including $5.5 million from North Carolina draw games Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5 and All or Nothing. The 1-1-3 number combination from the June 22 evening Pick 3 drawing resulted in $1,016,867 in prizes.
Since last weekend’s drawings, Mega Millions and Powerball players won more than $418,000 in prizes. In all, players won more than $21 million in prizes statewide.
Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $3.8 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.