A craving for Shirley Temple 7Up – yes, it’s a thing– resulted in a Gastonia man winning six figures in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Albert Clinton Jr. said a hankering for the pomegranate and cherry flavored soda compelled him to stop at the S’Mart in Gastonia on Sunday, Nov. 9, lottery officials said in a news release.

A North Carolina woman learned the value of persistence when playing the same set of lottery numbers for six years resulted in her winning a $154,168 jackpot.

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Grandmothers have a knack for remembering important dates, and that habit paid off big for a woman in need of a big number for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Phyllis Costin says she used “some family birthdays and my anniversary” to come up with 4, 17, 22, 37 and 38 on a $1 Cash Five ticket.

A Wilmington couple's lucky lottery ticket could also be the ticket to them buying a home. Krystal Hastings and James Patana of Wilmington recently hit the top prize off of a $10 scratch-off ticket. Their big win was for $1 million. The couple bought the Lucky Loteria ticket from the Harris Teeter on Parker Farm Road in Wilmington.

A man had the Halloween spirit on his side before a big lottery win in North Carolina. Stedman resident William Cox was playing his favorite digital instant game on Oct. 24, when he put $5 toward the jackpot, according to an Oct. 30 news release from the ...

Call it stubborn or call it determined, but a North Carolina substitute teacher just won a lottery jackpot after playing the same numbers for six years. Barbara Munford, of Hope Mills, hit it big in Nov. 3 Cash 5 drawing, using the seemingly random series: 6, 9, 19, 25 and 32.

A North Carolina woman, who has won $154,168 in a recent lottery draw, after using the same set of numbers for six years, was encouraged by her sister, who would always tell her that she would win one day.