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NC man almost falls out of fishing boat upon learning of lottery winNews Story
Danny Bizzell bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket on July 12, gave it to his wife and went fishing. He was in the middle of a lake when his wife, Sandra Dickinson, called to tell him he had won a $792,655 jackpot. I almost fell overboard, Bizzell said Monday. I told her, 'Are you freaking kidding me?' Bizzell bought the winning ticket at the Food Lion on North Rogers Lane in Raleigh, using the same numbers he's played for almost 13 years. When I got my first Cash 5 ticket, I had the ma
Aug 15, 2019, 8:18 am - Lottery News

North Carolina lottery winner says his pencil picked the winning numbers for himNews Story
A man who won the lottery in North Carolina says his pencil picked the winning number for him. Samuel Manley, a school bus technician from Littleton, stopped at Bert Ammond Country Caf in Pleasant Hill on July 29 and bought a $1 Carolina Cash 5 ticket after telling his wife he was feeling lucky, the lottery said. I told her, 'I'm going to buy the winning Cash 5 ticket', he said, according to the lottery. Instead of picking numbers that are special to him like he usually does, he tried
Aug 6, 2019, 1:46 pm - Lottery News

Lucky CT man wins $100,000 lottery prize for second timeNews Story
Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again A Connecticut man just won a $100,000 lottery, barely a year after winning the same jackpot. Bruce Rosa won the top prize in the Connecticut Cash 5 on July 5. He previously won $100,000 prize in the same lottery on April 27, 2018. Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again, Rosa said, according to a press release from the Connecticut Lottery. Of the 4,000 winning tickets this week, Rosa's was the only one with all five numbers matching. The Sta
Jul 15, 2019, 8:57 am - Lottery News

NC Cash 5 lottery winner has one week left to claim $487K prizeNews Story
Have you checked all your old lottery tickets? The winner of a nearly $500,000 prize has one week left to claim it before their luck permanently runs out. That's what North Carolina lottery officials are announcing as the claim to a $487,105 Cash 5 prize won in January is set to expire on July 8. Let's get the word out that this Cash 5 jackpot is still waiting to be claimed, said Mark Michalko, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery, in a news release. Whoever had the great luck
Jul 1, 2019, 9:37 am - Lottery News

N.C. woman's Mother's Day ticket wins $1.3 million jackpotNews Story
A lottery ticket turned out to be the Mother's Day $1.3 million gift of a lifetime for a North Carolina woman. For Mother's Day, Vielka Roman of Autryville, North Carolina, received a Carolina Cash 5 ticket as a gift from her sister, Neris. It turned out to be a $1.3 million jackpot winner. I just can't believe it, said Roman. I'm still in shock. On Sunday, Roman, her fianc , Al, and her sister, Neris, all went out for a celebratory Mother's Day meal. After dinner, they stopped at Car
May 17, 2019, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Michigan man wins jackpot after following the same lottery routine for 30 yearsNews Story
A Michigan man who has stuck to the same lottery-playing routine for the past 30 years had his habits finally pay off when he won a $167,407 jackpot. I have been buying a seven-draw Fantasy 5 ticket at the same store every Monday for 30 years, said the lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I checked the numbers the morning after the drawing and saw they matched the numbers on my ticket, I was elated. The 58-year-old player bought his winning ticket at Campbell's Party Store,
May 15, 2019, 8:07 am - Lottery News

NJ man wins his second major lottery jackpotNews Story
A New Jersey man collected a $3 million lottery jackpot just two years after he won more than $730,000 from another game. Eugene Martellio of Vineland has been playing New Jersey Lottery draw games and scratch-off tickets for many years. When the $3,000,000 CA$H OUT Scratch-Off game was launched, he purchased a few of the tickets for that game, but he didn't have much luck. This game appealed to him, though, and he decided to give it another try. When he purchased the ticket, he felt like
May 1, 2019, 10:11 am - Lottery News

Lottery first-timer nearly threw out $387,000 prizeNews Story
A first-time lottery player in New Jersey said a mistake when checking her tickets nearly landed her $387,391 jackpot winner in the trash. Frances Rhodes of Monmouth Beach told New Jersey Lottery officials she had played scratch-off lottery tickets before, but one day when she received a $20 prize she decided to buy some Jersey Cash 5 tickets her first time entering a lottery drawing. Frances purchased her tickets on Friday, Oct. 5th and left them in the car's cup holder. On that following
Apr 19, 2019, 9:43 am - Lottery News

NC man 'counting his blessings' after winning lottery ticket almost blew awayNews Story
A North Carolina man is counting his blessings after beating the almost 1-in-a-million odds to win a lottery prize, according to the NC Education Lottery. And it all happened after he came uncomfortably close to losing his lucky ticket, the lottery said on Twitter. Whenever I get my tickets, I put them in my car door, said John Hepburn of Fayetteville, per the lottery's Twitter post. Then last week, a few of my tickets blew out of the car, he said, according to the lottery's news relea
Apr 17, 2019, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Maryland lottery player wins three $50K prizes on identical ticketsNews Story
A Maryland man said his adherence to lottery superstitions earned him three top prizes in the same Bonus Match 5 drawing. The Baltimore man won a trio of $50,000 top prizes from the Jan. 22 Bonus Match 5 drawing, as well as a few smaller prizes from other number combinations, bringing his total to $151,415. The man matched all five numbers in the drawing three times: 2, 10, 11, 25, and 31. He told Maryland Lottery officials the numbers represent important birthdays. The winner said he h
Jan 29, 2019, 10:36 am - Lottery News