A Powerball player just missed the $176 million jackpot — but still scored a big windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Sept.

These lucky lottery players did just that. In one story, a North Carolina truck driver clinched a second win of $1 million after an initial $500 victory. In another, an Arkansas man followed his $ ...

UPDATE: At about 1 p.m. Sept. 17, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced that the $250,000 Powerball winner had come forward. Read more about how he reacted to the prize here. The original ...

Two houses collapsed in Rodanthe, North Carolina, just hours apart on the same day. This is the fourth house to collapse in ...

“I’m very exhausted, but also extremely excited,” Andrew Fidler told the North Carolina Education Lottery. The Raleigh man “barely got any sleep” after he looked at his phone and ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A North Carolina mom thought she would win a big lottery prize — and her prediction was spot-on. “I was in shock,” Jennifer Conyers told the N.C. Education Lottery ...

A lucky North Carolina woman won nearly $350,000 off a lottery ticket this week — her second six-figure prize in less than a ...

In North Carolina, winners have about six months to claim their prizes in drawing games. A lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News about the win early Sept. 19, before the lucky ticket holder ...

Two Powerball tickets sold in North Carolina just missed the jackpot prize. Pepi Stojanovski via Unsplash Two Powerball players just missed a massive jackpot — but still won prizes worth ...