Winners' Corner

See and hear the stories from winners of the North Carolina Education Lottery.

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  Garner man scratches off $4 million win
  Jimmy Kennovin, a businessman who won an HVAC company in garner, said that winning $4 million means he can buy a boat, go on vacation, save for retirement - and go back to work.
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  Winner finds out she won $150,000
  Annette Bell of Lexington, North Carolina gets the telephone call she was hoping for: She won $150,000 in the lottery's Hot Summer Second-Chance drawing.
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  Fayetteville couple hits lottery jackpot
  Randy and Jackie Taylor won the $174,384 Cash 5 jackpot in the June 28, 2014 drawing. They plan to use the winnings to pay for their daughter's nursing school tuition, and save for retirement.
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  Furniture maker scratches for $3 million
  North Carolina native James Foard, a life-long furniture maker from Statesville, won $3 million instantly. He bought his lucky ticket at the same store location he used to visit as a kid.
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  Army veteran wins $100,000 instantly
  Eddie Hoover's good luck means that he and his wife can attend their son's wedding in the Bahamas.
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  Powerball player: 'I won $1 million'
  Five of Ann LaFave's lucky numbers came up in the Wednesday, Dec. 26 Powerball drawing, winning her a $1 million prize.
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  Father and son win $1 million prize
  Les and Christopher Rouse won $1 million in the record Powerball drawing held Nov. 28, 2012. Hear the story of how they won and what they plan to do with their winnings.
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  Greensboro woman wins $133,046 jackpot
  Leslie Brown of Greensboro was enjoying her routine of making coffee and checking her numbers on the lottery's website. That's when Brown learned that someone had hit the jackpot the night before.
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  Co-workers win $250,000 lottery prize
  A group of ten employees won $250,000 as a team playing Mega Millions. Each team member contributes $1 a week so they can play ten sets of numbers in the Friday drawings.
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  Twenty players share $1 million win
  A group of 20 lottery players, all who work manufacturing jobs at RF Micro Devices in Greensboro, matched all five white balls in the Aug. 4 Powerball drawing, winning them a $1 million prize.
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  Iraq War veteran wins $200,000 instantly
  Ralph Fernandez, an Army veteran from Harnett County who served in the Iraq War, has added winning the lottery to his life experiences. Friday, he won $200,000 playing a $5 instant ticket.
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  Couple wins $1 million instant prize
  Rick and Mary Hollar of Hickory won $1 million playing $4,000,000 Cash Blowout. They plan to pay off their mortgage, purchase two new cars and take a trip to Las Vegas.
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  Police officer captures $250,000 prize
  Mike Bollinger, a police officer and EMT from Maiden, won $250,000 on the $1 Mega Millions ticket he purchased at Beach's General Store on N.C. 73 in Stanley.
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  Stop for ketchup leads to $100,000 win
  A Stokes County woman who stopped at a convenience store for a $2 bottle of ketchup wound up winning $100,000 on a $5 scratch-off ticket.
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  Roommate purchases ticket worth $118,831
  Stephen McFadden, an engineer from Winston-Salem, is now a lottery jackpot winner thanks to the Carolina Cash 5 ticket he asked his roommate to buy for him.
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  Greenville man wins $57 million jackpot
  North Carolina's fifth multimillion dollar jackpot belongs to a Greenville family. James Jones won half of the Sept. 30 Mega Millions jackpot worth $114 million.
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  Burke County man wins $155,807 jackpot
  Mark Tallent, a Mountain Recycling utility worker from Connelly Springs in Burke County, plans to use a portion of his $155,807 Carolina Cash 5 to "do some gold prospecting."