

Winners will also face a state tax of about 5.5% on their prize money.ĬORRECTION: This article has been corrected to show that the federal government requires that lottery officials withhold 24% of lottery winnings of $5,000 or more, while other prize money is taxed like regular income. The IRS requires lotteries to report any prize money over $600, which it taxes like regular income, and the federal government also requires lottery officials to automatically withhold 24% of winnings of $5,000 or more. Of course, these lottery winners will still face a tax bill on their prize money. All information about lotteries in North Carolina.

State lottery officials said in a statement that 1,002 people won the $5,000 grand prize, while another 1,012 people won $2,500 apiece for their winning 50 cent tickets. Latest North Carolina lottery results for CASH 5 NC, LUCKY FOR LIFE NC, MEGA MILLIONS, PICK 3, PICK 4, POWERBALL. The odds of matching all four of NC Education Lottery's Pick 4 numbers are 1 in 10,000, and players have the option of paying either $1 for a ticket and the chance to win up to $5,000 in prizes, or they can pay 50 cents for a possible grand prize of $2,500. And, just last week, the state actually paid out a total of $2.1 million in prizes to more than 5,600 Pick 3 winners who selected the winning number combination of 1-1-1. In fact, the previous record for a Pick 4 payout was $7.5 million in 2012, when the winning numbers were 1-1-1-1, according to NC Education Lottery. Play Smart™ term is a service mark of the Illinois Lottery licensed to the NCEL.īuy, Scan, and Check tickets with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.Officials for the NC Education Lottery said in a statement that sets of four identical numbers in a lottery drawing are known as "Quads" and that those are among the most popular number combinations for lottery players.

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