NORTH CAROLINA -- Although Wednesday's winning Powerball ticket, worth a whopping $758.7 million, was sold in Chicopee, Massachusetts, 16 North Carolinians also are waking up substantially richer on Thursday.
The N.C. Education Lottery announced on Thursday that nine North Carolinians won $50,000, six won $200,000 and one lucky North Carolinian won $1 million in Wednesday's game.
The $1 million ticket was sold at a Food Lion in Creedmoor.
In total, 257,229 tickets won prizes from $4 to $1 million, totaling $4.5 million.
The six $200,000 tickets, which were a base prize of $50,000, but were multiplied to become $200,000 with the $1 Power Play feature, were sold in the following locations:
- Week’s Grocery, Barnes Street, Reidsville. (Rockingham County)
- Olde Brunswick Store No. 2, East Oak Island Drive, Oak Island (Brunswick County)
- M&M Mart, North Main Street, Marion (McDowell County)
- Food Lion, East Parrish Drive, Benson (Johnston County)
- Brite Mart, North Main Street, Goldston (Chatham County)
- Linwood Family Mart, Linwood Road, Kings Mountain (Cleveland County)
The nine other tickets worth $50,000 were sold in the following locations:
- Durham (2)
- Emerald Isle
- Indian Trail
- Gibsonville
- Winston-Salem
- Lumberton
- Raleigh
- Haw River
The winning jackpot of $758.7 million is the largest jackpot won by a single ticket in U.S. lottery history.