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Miami Herald
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Lottery player spends $5 — and scores a $912,000 jackpot prize in North Carolina
A lottery player spent $5 on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in North Carolina. On June 4, the player bought a ticket that scored the top prize in The Lamp: Dark Arts, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Lamp: Dark Arts is a progressive jackpot game that offers lottery tickets starting at 50 cents. The online game features a prize wheel and digital icons that players can match to win big, rules show. It turns out, the lucky player won the top-tier 'Alakazam' jackpot, making their ticket worth $912,326, lottery officials told McClatchy News via email. A spokesperson previously told McClatchy News the lottery can't pinpoint where players are when they buy their tickets for digital instant games. But lottery officials know the jackpot winner is from the Duplin County town of Warsaw, a roughly 70-mile drive southeast from Raleigh. As of about 10:45 a.m. June 5, no one had claimed the Warsaw prize. In North Carolina, the winners of digital instant games have about six months to cash in, officials said.
Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player's plan for nap is ruined by ‘jolt of excitement' from jackpot win
A North Carolina woman was ready to get rest when a 'jolt of excitement' ruined her plans. Samantha Spencer was shocked when she learned she won $158,426 in the N.C. Education Lottery. 'I was about to lay down for a nap but that made me jump up real quick,' she told lottery officials in a June 3 news release. Spencer hit the jackpot after she tried her luck on The Lamp: Dark Arts. She was drawn to the online game because of its appearance. 'My favorite color is green and the wheel in the game is green,' Spencer said. The Lamp: Dark Arts is a progressive jackpot game that features a prize wheel and digital icons players can match to win big. Spencer, who beat odds of 1 in 32 million, spent $1 on her ticket and scored the second-tier jackpot prize. 'I was pretty surprised,' said Spencer, who kept $113,671 after taxes. 'I didn't expect that.' The lucky winner is from Conover, in Catawba County and a roughly 45-mile drive northwest from Charlotte. She hopes to put her prize money toward bills and donate to cat rescue organizations. It's not the first time a huge prize made someone wake up. Another North Carolina lottery player was drinking his morning coffee when he realized his ticket was going to make him richer, McClatchy News reported in October.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Pretty Surprised': Conover woman wins $158k digital lottery prize
CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. () — A Conover woman won big on Thursday, according to the North Carolina Lottery Commission. Samantha Spencer was about to get some rest but ended up winning a $158,426 instant digital jackpot. 'I was about to lay down for a nap, but that made me jump up real quick,' she said, laughing. Spencer played for a dollar in The Lamp: Dark Arts and won the second level 'Cadabra' jackpot. The odds of this win were 1 in 32 million. 'I was pretty surprised,' she recollected. 'I didn't expect that.' Taste of Charlotte 2025: Your guide to Queen City's largest food festival Why did she pick this game? 'My favorite color is green, and the wheel in the game is green,' she said. On Monday, Spencer went to lottery headquarters to claim her prize, and after taxes, she walked away with $113,671. Spencer says she plans to use the money to pay bills and to support local cat rescues. In The Lamp: Dark Arts, players can wager from 50 cents to $30. After Specer's win, the game reset to $25,000. As of Tuesday morning, the game's top level, 'Alakazam,' jackpot sits at over $892,000. Digital instant games can only be played on the lottery's website or mobile app. Forty-six games are available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
