Jose Naranjo won $171,315. A chef working in Charlotte, he hit the Cash 5 jackpot on Feb. 11 and will put his winnings toward a food truck.

Orange County resident Steven Smith found one of ten $100,000 prizes in a North Carolina Education Lottery scratch-off series ...

The percentage of lottery revenue given to North Carolina education has steadily dropped since the lottery was ...

THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS HURT, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR TO WHAT EXTENT. IN. 12 ON YOUR MONEY. TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY. AFTER A REPORT FROM THE STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE AS WXII 12 ...

“This is wild,” Ray Abbott told North Carolina Education Lottery officials after winning $1 million in the Merry Million ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) set a sales record in fiscal year 2025 with $6.586 billion in gross ticket sales, according to the lottery’s annual financial audit.

It's a little bit of fun, and a lot of the money is going to help the schools, right? That's becoming less and less true. A new state audit released Monday shows that as our lottery gets bigger and ...

According to the release, education programs in Buncombe County received $11.5 million in support from lottery funds last ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina Education Lottery ticket sales surged to a record $6.6 billion last year, but the percentage of revenue transferred to ...

NC lottery sales reached $6.6B in 2025, yet education share dropped to 16%. Digital instants generated $2.6B and higher prize payouts, reducing school margins. Legislature should restore a 35% minimum ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. NC lottery sales ...