Since last Wednesday, twenty-two lucky lottery players have celebrated wins of $10,000 to $2 million.
The biggest wins of the week resulted from the July 4 Powerball drawing. One went to Dorothy Myers of Raefordwho won $2 million on a $3 Power Play ticket that she purchased while attending a family reunion in Roxboro. She picked her own numbers, based on the birthdays of her mother and four sisters. {Read More}
The second Powerball win went to Angela Leyco of Chester, Va. who won $1 million on a ticket she bought while visiting her daughter at the Outer Banks. She plans to use her winnings to pay bills and take a trip to Italy.{Read More}
Two other players claimed big prizes playing Powerball this week. Dan Rust of Raleigh won $10,000 in the June 10 drawing and Barbara Froneberger of Stanley won $50,000 in the June 27 drawing. The estimated jackpot annuity for Saturday’s drawing is $50 million, worth $30.5 million cash.
North Carolina players also have the chance to win Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot, which stands at an estimated $106 million annuity, worth $64.5 million cash.
Carolina Cash 5 paid off in a big way for two lucky players this week. Lester Sullivan of Charlotte, won $66,030 in the July 4 drawing. In Wake County, Zebulon resident Martin Hagwood matched all five numbers in the June 26 drawing to win the $94,282 jackpot.
Stephanie Kinlaw, a graphic designer from Fayetteville, plans to use the $200,000 prize she won in the lottery’s Week for Life Second-Chance drawing to buy a car and take the honeymoon she and her husband never had.{Read More}
Our final big winner of the week, Mary Shoffner of Burlington, says she always knew she’d someday win a big prize playing the lottery. Her premonition came true on Wednesday when she claimed a $100,000 top prize in the Mega Bucks game. {Read More}
Fourteen players won prizes of $10,000 to $50,000 instantly this week. They are:
Hometown Winner Prize Won Game Played
Banner Elk Bobby Townsend $10,000 $4,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular
Durham Narciso Paz $50,000 $200 Million Blowout
Fayetteville Steven Adair $10,000 King’s Ransom
Hamlet Richard Carter $10,000 100X The Cash
Kernersville Aaron Petticord $50,000 $200 Million Blowout
Kernersville Gertrude Eck $20,000 $1,000,000 Jackpot
Leland Kevin Beauchamp $10,000 $2,500 a Week for Life!
Raeford Don Tyler $10,000 100X The Cash
Reidsville Lisa Grissom $20,000 $1,000,000 Jackpot
Shiloh Brandy Werline $30,000 Did I Win?
Southern Pines Ralph Bowen $10,000 100X The Cash
Troy Tony Glover $50,000 50X The Cash
Winston-Salem Jerjuan Smart $10,000 $200 Million Blowout
Winston-Salem Jerome Woodford $10,000 100X The Cash
Since July 1, instant players won $19.9 million and draw game players won more than $7.5 million, including $4.1 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 $3.4 million in prizes. In all, players won more than $27.4 million in prizes statewide.