Someone In Charlotte Won $2 Million And Hasn't Claimed It Yet

CHARLOTTE, NC — If you bought lottery tickets recently, make sure to check them out. If you threw them away, prepare to cry.

Last week's drawing yielded a $2 million prize from a Powerball ticket sold in Charlotte at Sam's Mart on Providence Road. That was the largest prize nationally according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

The $3 Power Play ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls to win $1 million. The $1 million prize doubled to $2 million because of the added Power Play feature. The odds of matching numbers on all five white balls are 1 in 11.6 million.

The winner has 180 days to claim their prize.

Since no one won Monday’s jackpot, the jackpot climbs to $378 million.

Ticket sales from draw games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education.

For details on how money raised by the lottery made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.