Lottery player’s win leaves her ‘screaming at work,’ officials say. ‘Unbelievable’
Shari Hunt-Caldwell, 61, earned her big win by playing the Holiday scratch-off game and entering her non-winning tickets into the second-chance drawing, officials said in a Jan. 8 news release. She usually checks the winners online after the drawing but was busy during the Dec. 4 one and didn’t get a chance to look.
Lottery player wins $25,000 a year prize in North Carolina. Where was the ticket sold?
Congrats to 4 Lucky for Life players who scored big wins yesterday! Two Online Play tickets and a ticket from 7-Eleven on Croatan Highway in Kill Devil Hills won $5,000 prizes! Another Online Play ticket matched all 5 white balls to win $25,000 a year for life! pic.twitter.com/gR50dkvOVN
Huge jackpot win has lottery player double checking his ticket. ‘I had to look again’
“We like to go on cruises,” the winner told lottery officials. “This will make it a lot sweeter next time.” It’s not the first time a lucky lottery player has planned for a vacation. Another North Carolina winner hoped to take a Caribbean cruise after he hit the jackpot, McClatchy News reported in May.
Lucky lottery player spends $5 on scratch ticket — then wins top prize in Idaho
A woman spent $5 on a lottery game in Idaho, then won a big prize. Chelsey Reeder stopped at a Jacksons Food Stores in Meridian and bought a Triple 7s, the Idaho Lottery told McClatchy News by email Jan. 9. Reeder scratched her ticket, and it revealed she had won the game’s top prize of $77,777.
‘Stunned’: North Carolina man wins $200,757 after buying $1 lottery ticket at convenience store
David Meehling, of Wilmington, bought a $1 Cash 5 ticket on Tuesday and won a $200,757 jackpot, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. “I was kind of stunned,” Meehling said. He bought his winning ticket from the Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Road in Wilmington.
Lottery player scores jackpot win in North Carolina. Where was the lucky ticket sold?
Congrats to two Cash 5 players who win big prizes yesterday! A player with a ticket from Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Rd. in Wilmington won a $200,757 prize and a player with a ticket from Harris Teeter on Town Center Dr. in Mooresville won $50,000 with Double Play! pic.twitter.com/lgWVhDoRWc
Woman checks lottery ticket without glasses and thinks she won $20. It was a lot more
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Mass. State Lottery winner: First $2.5M prize claimed in holiday game
The first $2.5 million grand prize was claimed from this $10 holiday lottery game in Massachusetts on Thursday.
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Mass. State Lottery winner: $4M prize claimed in ‘Monopoly’ game
There's just one $4 million grand prize left to be claimed in this $10 game after a winner came forward on Thursday.
Husband’s green thumb leads woman to huge NC lottery win. ‘I was spinning in circles’
“I was spinning in circles,” Heather Jones told lottery officials after her big win. The Bear Creek woman won $150,000 after ...