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.

The players bought Carolina Cash 5 game tickets that matched all the numbers picked in the drawings on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, meaning each one was worth six figures, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on its website and in an email to McClatchy News.

Two Powerball tickets sold in Arizona and North Carolina won $1 million each, but just missed the $181 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Wednesday, Jan. 1, the national Powerball site said.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $200 million. Two tickets were sold matching five numbers but not the Powerball Arizona and North Carolina.

One lucky North Carolinian’s 2025 is off to an amazing start! A $2 Powerball ticket sold at the Friendly Mart on NC 24/47 West Bypass in Albermarle matched numbers on all five white balls in the New Year’s Day drawing to win $1 million.

A North Carolina lottery player started the new year off a winner after claiming a big jackpot prize, lottery officials said. Gary Thomas won $496,217 when he matched all five numbers in the Dec. 1 drawing of the Carolina Cash 5 game, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a Jan. 3 news release.

A lottery player has a huge reason to celebrate after hitting the jackpot in North Carolina. The player bought a Cash 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the Jan. 7 drawing, making it worth $200,