Congrats to two NC Lottery players on big Powerball wins! A player with a ticket from Smoker Friendly on Bragg Street in Sanford won a $50,000 prize and a player with a ticket from Country Store on Hurdle Mills Road in Hurdle Mills won a $150,000 prize! pic.twitter.com/4O2n50ejLw

A Powerball player purchased a ticket from Shell on Western Blvd in Jacksonville and won a $50,000 prize in yesterday's drawing! The lucky NC Lottery player matched 4 out of 5 white balls and the Power Ball. Congrats on the win! pic.twitter.com/2y6no8HdO4

A Powerball player just missed a jackpot prize — but is still in for a windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Jan. 25 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 8-15-17-53-66, with red Powerball 14.