RALEIGH—Frankie Shirley of Asheboro says he saw the new “Wooooooo!” instant scratch-off game and thought he’d give it a try since he’s a fan of Ric Flair. When he scratched off the top prize of $100,000, he says he read the ticket about 10 times to make sure it was real.

Shirley bought his winning ticket, worth $68,001.60 after taxes, at The Tobacco Shop LLC on North Fayetteville Street in Asheboro. He says he may use some of his winnings for a trip, but that most of it will go into savings.

The Powerball jackpot is rolling after no one matched all six balls in last night’s drawing. The jackpot is now an estimated $193 million for the Saturday, Oct. 3 drawing! One ticket in last night’s Powerball drawing matched four out of five white balls plus the Powerball and is worth $10,000. The ticket was sold at Circle K on North Main Street in Archdale.

A total of 55,217 North Carolina Powerball players won prizes in the Wednesday, Sept. 30 Powerball drawing ranging from $10,000 to $3 for a total payout in prizes worth $366,496.

The “Carolina Cash 5” top prize for tonight’s drawing is an estimated $149,000! A player must match all five numbers drawn to win the top prize.

The North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) has paid out more than $3.8 million total in instant scratch-off ticket prizes since Monday, Sept. 28. Also since Monday, “Carolina Pick 3” players have won more than $1 million. “Carolina Pick 4” players have won more than $253,000 and 12 tickets won the top prize of $5,000. “Carolina Cash 5” players have won nearly $87,000.