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

Raeford is about 22 miles west of Fayetteville. Virgil beat odds of 1 in 3.7 million, according to the Triple 7 page on NCLottery.com. After taxes, she took home $498,753, according to the lottery.

Players can buy Mega Millions tickets, and tickets in five other lottery games in North Carolina, at retailers, through Online Play on NCLottery.com and on the lottery app. Those include the new ...