A North Carolina lottery player started the new year off a winner after claiming a big jackpot prize, lottery officials said.

A truck driver stopped for a lottery ticket — and scored a life-changing prize in North Carolina. Melchor Aguilar, of South Carolina, was traveling for work when he bought a scratch-off ticket that ...

A Lee County man is starting the new year hundreds of thousands of dollars richer after winning a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot last month.

A Stanly County resident won $1 million in the Powerball, with the winning ticket sold at the Friendly Mart in Albemarle.