We all know that lottery winnings sometimes go to those who really need it, and that is the case of someone from Raleigh, North Carolina. Someone there purchased lottery tickets for the Powerball lottery and managed to win a $1 million prize. This probably comes as great news for the winner and the lucky New Bern Avenue retailer, as that area of the city was recently leveled by a massive tornado. State lottery

The lucky numbers for that particular drawing were 4, 24, 40, 44 and 55. These were the numbers the lucky winner managed to get right, and if he would have also guessed the Powerball number 5, the shopper from Express Mart would have received a $20 million jackpot.

Van Denton, a spokesperson for the North Carolina Education Lottery, stated that the winner must collect his prize in Raleigh at the lottery headquarters and that he has 180 days in which he can get his cash. Lottery winning numbers

“We are looking forward to meeting the lucky winner,” Van Denton stated.

Amar Karki is the Express Mart clerk who sold the winning ticket and he deemed the event “a good thing” as so many inhabitants of the area have had their lives destroyed by the tornado. At the moment of the purchase, fallen trees were still in the streets and the building roofs were far from repaired. The store owner can count himself lucky too, as the store will receive a $10,000 cash bonus.

“On Fridays and Saturdays, the store makes about $2,000,” Amar Karki stated. “In a month, about $45,000.” So it appears that the $10,000 really makes up for almost 25 percent of what the store makes in a month.

In just one week of April, the N.C. Lottery turned in more than $119 million for the education fund. However, that money represented revenue from the first quarter of 2011. Lottery results

The sum was quite larger than that turned in the same period of last year ($112 million) and it was just the second best earning in a quarter since the N.C. State Lottery was born. The best transfer for a quarter was the $124.3 million the lottery gave the state back in January.

Well, that’s about it on the matter for now. Return to us soon if you want to learn the latest news from the world of lotteries.