A Charlotte woman just won $4 million in the North Carolina Education Lottery, but lottery devotees may want to think twice before following her example. Swati Amin went all the way to Asheville for her ticket, making a round trip of about 250 miles to BJ's Food Mart on Michigan Avenue, maps show.

A North Carolina woman learned the value of persistence when playing the same set of lottery numbers for six years resulted in her winning a $154,168 jackpot.

A $10 lottery ticket purchased at a Harris Teeter in eastern North Carolina paid off with the kind of cash that will forever change a couple’s life. Krystal Hastings and James Patana of Wilmington won a $1 million prize playing the Lucky Loteria scratch-off game, according to the N.C. Education Lottery.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro woman claimed the first $250,000 top prize in a new North Carolina Education Lottery holiday scratch-off game, officials announced on Monday.

At times when school levies and property tax relief are hot-button political issues, a persistent myth about Ohio Lottery profits and education tends to resurface. One listener asked WOSU’s "Curious Cbus,

A North Carolina man had a very good hair day! Oscar Galdamez Rosales won the North Carolina Lottery while picking up cash to pay his barber when he also bought a $20 Ruby Red 7’s scratch-off ticket on a whim.

Grandmothers have a knack for remembering important dates, and that habit paid off big for a woman in need of a big number for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Phyllis Costin says she used “some family birthdays and my anniversary” to come up with 4, 17, 22, 37 and 38 on a $1 Cash Five ticket.

A North Carolina man who stopped to get some cash to pay for a haircut ended up winning a $100,000 lottery prize during his brief visit to a convenience store.

The Texas Lottery contributed $1.77 billion to the Foundation School Fund in fiscal year 2025, according to a news release from the agency.