A lottery player hit the jackpot - then came a restless night. "I told my wife and she couldn't go to sleep either," prize winner Lee Cox told the North Carolina Education Lottery. "She was so excited ...

William Wheeler may have set some kind of record for claiming and losing a lottery prize in the same breath. Wheeler, who lives in Newton, beat odds of 1 in 1,521,132 when he won $100,000 in the North ...

A man had the Halloween spirit on his side before a big lottery win in North Carolina. Stedman resident William Cox was playing his favorite digital instant game on Oct. 24, when he put $5 toward the ...

Grandmothers have a knack for remembering important dates, and that habit paid off big for a woman in need of a big number ...

A lottery player got a “life-changing stroke of luck” — but his mom was skeptical. “She thought I was joking,” Jeremy Wilson told the North Carolina Education Lottery in a Sept. 19 news release. But ...

Two lottery players won big prizes in North Carolina. Simone Jasper [email protected] Two lottery players hit the jackpot on back-to-back nights, making for a lucky weekend in North Carolina.

A lottery player hit the jackpot — then came a restless night. “I told my wife and she couldn’t go to sleep either,” prize winner Lee Cox told the North Carolina Education Lottery. “She was so excited ...

North Carolina man wins six-figure prize with $50 state lottery ticket and promptly decides to hand over the money to his wife to spend. JJ Gouin Getty Images/iStockphoto William Wheeler may have set ...