Winning the lottery is usually sold as a simple equation: match the numbers, cash the check and move on with your day. But for North Carolina resident Carl McCain, an $800 Mega Millions win came with an unexpected lesson in reading the fine print.

Harlee Aliff of Kenly netted the first $2 million prize in the Stacks of Cash scratch-off game, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a Jan. 23 news release. He grabbed the $20 ticket during his break at the Handy Mart on Wilson’s Mills Road in Smithfield.

Because the prize exceeded the threshold for in-store claims, McCain traveled from his home in Timberlake to the North Carolina Education Lottery regional office in Raleigh to collect his winnings. There,

Someone in North Carolina is holding a Powerball ticket worth $209.3 million, according to the N.C. Education Lottery. It happened in the Wednesday night drawing, so the winner may not yet know.

A lottery player in Halifax County won Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of $209.3 million, N.C. Education Lottery officials announced on Thursday.

It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! Someone in North Carolina won a jackpot worth $209 million in the Powerball lottery. The jackpot resets to $20 million for Saturday’s drawing, and, if there is no jackpot winner, will begin to climb from there.

The numbers matched those on all five white balls to win $1 million, officials said. With the new built-in multiplier, the prize doubled.

North Carolina woman Yolanda Black won a $100,000 prize from the state lottery’s new Stacks of Cash game

The winning ticket was bought in Roanoke Rapids.

The lucky woman netted a six-figure prize in the Dec. 20 drawing, officials said.

A lottery player in North Carolina matched all six balls to win the estimated $209 million jackpot on Wednesday, Jan. 21.