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Miami Herald
04-08-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Grocery worker plays lottery at his NC supermarket — and wins a huge prize
A grocery worker played the lottery at his supermarket — and scored a big win. Now, the North Carolina prize winner hopes to buy a new home. 'This is a blessing,' Michael Guilford told the N.C. Education Lottery in an Aug. 1 news release. Guilford won $250,000 at a Harris Teeter in Raleigh. While at the grocery store where he works, he tried his luck on the 20X the Cash game. 'Something was just pushing me to buy that ticket,' Guilford said. 'It was like instinct.' It turns out, his intuition was spot on. He won a top prize in the $5 scratch-off game, which has proven to be lucky for him in the past. 'I won $1,000 on it a few years ago so I didn't want to give up on playing it,' Guilford told lottery officials. The lucky winner, who lives in Raleigh, kept $179,376 after taxes. It's not the first time a lottery player's gut feeling has paid off. Another North Carolina man felt drawn to an online game that made him richer, McClatchy News reported in July.
Miami Herald
24-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player hits $321,000 jackpot in North Carolina. Where was ticket sold?
A lottery player tried their luck on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in North Carolina. The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the July 23 drawing, making it worth $321,419, results show. The winning numbers were: 6-9-24-39-40. So, where was the lucky ticket sold? The winner bought it at a Refuel gas station in the Raleigh suburb of Knightdale, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Cash 5 is a rolling jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. To score a jackpot win, a person's ticket must match all five numbers picked in a drawing, the lottery wrote on its website. Lottery officials shared news of the win early July 24, before the lucky ticket holder would have been able to claim their prize. In North Carolina, the winners of drawing games have about six months to come forward, rules show.
Miami Herald
07-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player's $1 ticket turns into $4.7 million jackpot win in North Carolina
A lottery player scored a life-changing win on a lucky day in North Carolina. The player spent $1 on a ticket that won $4.7 million in the Outlaw's Loot game, results show. But the winner isn't the only person who's set to get richer. Another lottery player hit the jackpot in the Carolina Cash 5 game, making their ticket worth $318,544, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote in a news release. Both players won big Thursday, July 3, meaning they had extra reasons to celebrate as they kicked off their Fourth of July weekend. Here's where the lucky tickets came from: Outlaw's Loot ticket sold to an online player in Elm CityCash 5 ticket sold in Maggie Valley Outlaw's Loot, a progressive jackpot game that features a prize wheel and digital icons, offers online tickets starting at 50 cents. The winner beat 1-in-50 million odds to score the top prize, lottery officials wrote on their website. A spokesperson previously told McClatchy News the lottery can't pinpoint where digital instant tickets are sold. But it knows the $4.7 million winner is from Elm City, a roughly 50-mile drive east from Raleigh. Meanwhile, the Cash 5 ticket was sold at Maggie Valley Mart, a roughly 35-mile drive west from the mountain town of Asheville. To win a jackpot prize in that game, a player must match all five numbers picked in a drawing. The winning numbers from the July 3 drawing: 7-8-17-23-40. Lottery officials shared news of the wins July 4, when claims centers were closed for Independence Day. In North Carolina, jackpot winners have about six months to come forward, rules show.
Miami Herald
27-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player wins $10K in NC — then wins $10M a week later. ‘Hard to fathom'
A lottery player coming off a recent big win had a 'gut feeling' and bought another ticket in North Carolina. He won $10 million. Christopher Sink of Winston-Salem hit the jackpot on a $50 scratch-off ticket in the $10 Million Spectacular game, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced June 27. 'I was really nervous at first,' he told lottery officials. 'It was kind of a crazy feeling.' The new multimillionaire recounted he was at a convenience store when he felt compelled to buy a lottery ticket. Then he beat the 1-in-3,255,582 odds to win one of five top prizes in the scratch-off game. 'It just happened to be my lucky day,' he told lottery officials. But it wasn't his only lucky day recently. Sink told the N.C. Education Lottery that he won $10,000 a week earlier on another ticket. 'It's kind of hard to fathom,' he said. 'I'm tickled to death about this.' He collected his winnings as a lump sum of $6 million and walked away with $4,305,014 after taxes, according to the N.C. Education Lottery. The construction business owner told lottery officials he plans to use his life-changing prize to buy equipment for work, invest and pay bills. One top prize of $10 million remains in the game, which debuted in December 2023. Winston-Salem in Forsyth County is about an 80-mile drive northeast from Charlotte.
Miami Herald
25-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player wins $216,000 jackpot in North Carolina. Where was ticket sold?
A North Carolina lottery player won a huge prize — but may not know it yet. The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the June 24 drawing, making it worth $216,033, results show. The winning numbers: 2-10-13-20-24. The lucky ticket was sold in Concord, a roughly 25-mile drive northeast from uptown Charlotte. It came from Quality Point, a business on Davidson Highway, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Cash 5 is a rolling jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. To hit the jackpot, a person's ticket must match the five numbers picked in a drawing, rules show. As of 11:30 a.m. June 25, no one had claimed the prize. In North Carolina, jackpot winners have about six months to come forward, lottery officials wrote online and in an email to McClatchy News.
