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NC man can reopen business shuttered by COVID-19 thanks to $1.2 million lottery prizeNews Story
Winnings give business owner much-needed relief after pandemic causes financial struggles By Kate Northrop Many business owners and entrepreneurs saw their businesses and livelihoods shuttered after the coronavirus shutdown. But one North Carolina resident now has a chance to re-open his hair salon after winning a $1.2 million lottery prize. Jeffrey Yi, of Fayetteville, was fortunate enough to win the Sept. 24 Cash 5 jackpot worth $1,247,944 that would help him reopen his hair salon six
Oct 4, 2020, 1:05 pm - Lottery News

Washington Lottery making changes to Hit 5 gameNews Story
Lottery reveals adjustments to Hit 5 a week after announcing rebranding of its Daily Game By Kate Northrop The Washington Lottery revealed modifications to its popular Hit 5 lottery game just a week after announcing its rebranding of Daily Game to Pick 3 . Starting Sunday, August 30, players will see those changes in effect. Currently, Hit 5 offers drawings three times a week and for a chance to win a minimum starting jackpot of $100,000. At the end of this month, the drawings will be r
Aug 19, 2020, 7:00 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery announces new evening draw times and other changesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The New Jersey Lottery is modernizing its core games line-up starting June 29 with a new draw time, new way to watch, and a bigger starting jackpot for Jersey Cash 5. The evening draw time for Pick 3, Pick 4, Jersey Cash 5, and Pick 6 is changing and moving exclusively to livestreaming. Additionally, the Jersey Cash 5 game is becoming a little harder to win, with a larger starting jackpot increasing from an estimated $75,000 to a guaranteed $100,000. New Jersey Lottery
Jun 22, 2020, 6:04 pm - Lottery News

24 Bonus Match 5 lottery tickets sold at one Maryland store win top prizeNews Story
Could there possibly be a downside to such a huge and improbable win? By Kate Northrop Someone must have had a really good feeling that five particular numbers were going to be drawn in the Maryland Lottery's Bonus Match 5 game, because they won the top prize on 24 separate tickets purchased from one store. We don't know yet if it those tickets were purchased by one person or multiple people, but we do know that on Friday, June 12, a total of 24 Bonus Match 5 tickets purchased in one st
Jun 19, 2020, 7:33 am - Lottery News

North Carolina healthcare delivery driver almost faints after winning $150,000 lottery jackpotNews Story
N.C. Lottery shifts toward new prize claim safety measures By Kate Northrop James Joyce works as a healthcare driver, delivering medicine to hospitals and clinics. Every day after work, he routinely picks up a Cash 5 ticket with EZ Match on his way home. In the morning following the April 21 draw, he checked his numbers and discovered that he was the winner of the $149,814 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot. I almost fainted, Joyce remarked. He purchased the winning ticket at the Crossroads Ex
May 12, 2020, 9:11 am - Lottery News

NC couple married 70 years has weekly lottery tradition that finally paid offNews Story
For James and Maxine Hilliker of Lumberton, North Carolina, a tradition of playing the lottery together led to a $768,862 Cash 5 jackpot win a week before their 70th wedding anniversary. Our wedding anniversary is next week and today is my 90th birthday, said James after receiving the big check. I can't even believe this is real. I just can't believe it. For the Hillikers, playing Cash 5 together is a weekly tradition that has become a special part of their morning routine. We go to
Feb 3, 2020, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Mover who plays the lottery in every state finally hits the jackpot in North CarolinaNews Story
A stop in North Carolina paid off big for a mover from New York. Iffetayo Adjele of Bronx, N.Y. said he's tried his luck all across America, but it wasn't until he stopped in North Carolina that it paid off with a $100,000 Cash 5 jackpot. I work for a moving company, Adjele said. Every week, every day, I'm some place different. I play the lottery in every state I'm in, and hope that one day I'll get lucky. The lucky day came Friday, Nov.1, when Adjele stopped at the TravelCenters of A
Nov 27, 2019, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Veterans Day turns jubilant for 70-year-old Army vet after he wins lottery in NCNews Story
A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Ernest Dodson bought the Cash 5 ticket at Sons of Nie, an Asian market in Greensboro, and realized the next morning that it was worth $276,688, lottery officials announced on Veterans Day. He paid $1 for the ticket. I about fell over, Dodson said in the release. I'm tickled to death that I can be debt free. Federal an
Nov 11, 2019, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery's newest draw game has first drawing tonightNews Story
Tonight marks the first drawing for the newest Idaho Lottery game, 5 Star Draw. 5 Star Draw is an Idaho-only draw game with a jackpot prize that begins at $250,000 and continues to grow until there is a winner. 5 Star Draw is the first new in-state Draw Game launched by the Idaho Lottery since Idaho Cash in February of 2017. Tickets for the game are only available from licensed Idaho Lottery retailers. Sales for 5 Star Draw tickets began on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Our players re
Oct 1, 2019, 6:42 pm - Lottery News

Korean War veteran wins lottery five times in one drawingNews Story
Luck struck North Carolina Navy veteran Add Lancaster not once, but five times, when he won five lottery prizes in one Cash 5 drawing, including the $163,634 jackpot. I wanted to shout, 'Hallelujah!' when I saw what I won, Lancaster said, sticking his arms in the air. I've been lucky my whole life, but I can't believe this. The Korean War veteran's good fortune started when he stopped at Wissam Brothers Inc. on Fort Run Road in his home town of Pikeville and bought a Cash 5 ticket for Mo
Sep 27, 2019, 8:33 am - Lottery News