NC Lottery Announces Close Out of Six Instant Scratch-off Games
The NC lottery has announced that it is closing out Diamond White 7’s, Fabulous 5’s, Cash Corner Bingo, Mega Bucks, Red Line Crossword, and Pot of Gold scratch off NC lottery games. Any winning tickets must be claimed on or before Aug. 27, 2009.Are you a NC Lottery winner?
See today's winning numbers for Carolina Pick 3, North Carolina Powerball and Carolina Cash 5 numbers.
If you have won any prize less than $600 (including free tickets), you can collect your prize at any NC Lottery retailer.
If you have won more than $600 in the NC Lottery, you will need to provide a social security number in order to claim your prize. You can claim your lottery prize at the NC Lottery headquarters, any NC Lottery Office or by mail.
The North Carolina Lottery's mailing address is:
North Carolina Education Lottery
P.O. Box 41606
Raleigh, NC 27629-1606
NC Lottery New Games for 2009
The NC Lottery has introduced three new scratch-off games for 2009. The $200,000 Jackpot has over $42 million in total prizes, with 15 top prizes of $200,000!Silver & Gold is the new $2 instant scratch-off ticket that has ten top prizes of $10,000. Players who scratch and reveal a horseshoe symbol win double the prize and those who reveal a gold bar symbol win triple the prize shown.
In time for Valentine's Day, Super Sweetheart Cash is a $1 game that has 250 top prizes of $1,000. It also offers more than 200,000 chances to win between $5 and $100.
North Carolina Educational Lottery (NC Lottery)
The North Carolina Lottery offers raffles, jackpot games such as Powerball, and instant win (scratch-off) games. NC Education Lottery tickets can be purchased at retail outlets throughout the state of North Carolina.Where do the Lottery's Proceeds go?
One hundred percent of the net lottery proceeds are used to fund education and school construction in North Carolina. For the first three months of 2008, the North Carolina Education Lottery raised nearly $98 million for North Carolina school.About half of the money from the NC Lottery is targeted to reduce the class size ratios of early grades and for prekindergarten programs for at-risk four year olds.
Nearly 40 percent of the money from the NC Lottery is to be used for school construction. This money is apportioned by county based partly on school enrollment and partly on property tax rates of the county.
Almost 10 percent of the NC lottery money is used for college scholarships for students that qualify for federal Pell Grants.
5 percent of the money (up to $50 million) brought in by the NC Lottery goes into the NC Lottery reserve fund. This reserve fund is used when fund the other three goals when the NC lottery proceeds are less than expected.