The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday, Dec. 3 is an estimated $779 million after no one took home the top prize on Monday, Dec. 1.

The North Carolina Education Lottery reports an Burnsville man won an over $950,000 jackpot while trying to relieve boredom on Wednesday.

Wardell Void of Raleigh and Priscilla Allen of Smithfield are both two of three players who matched all five numbers in the drawing. The odds of matching all five balls are one in 962,598.

All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket ...

UPDATE: The North Carolina Education Lottery corrected an earlier email it sent to McClatchy News. The jackpot winner is from Franklin County. The updated story is below. A North Carolina lottery player won a half-million dollar prize — but might not ...

A $10 lottery ticket purchased at a Harris Teeter in eastern North Carolina paid off with the kind of cash that will forever change a couple’s life. Krystal Hastings and James Patana of Wilmington won a $1 million prize playing the Lucky Loteria scratch ...

All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket ...

James Barker, of Millers Creek, bought a $5 scratch-off and won a $200,000 top prize, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. Barker bought his winning Spicy Hot Riches ticket from the Murphy Express on U.