Woman wins $200,000 in lottery

Woman wins $200,000 in lottery
From Staff Reports
Jan. 13, 2009

DURHAM -- A Durham woman has won $200,000 by playing Powerball in the N.C. Education Lottery.

Lottery officials reported Monday that Lucy Hanson of Durham bought her Powerball ticket for the Nov. 15 drawing at the Kangaroo Express on Erwin Road in Dunn. She said she plans to splurge on a day at a spa, and then put the rest of her winnings in savings.

Lottery officials also reported that a Robeson County man, Khairalla Aziz of Fairmont, won $478,953, the top prize in the Dec. 26 "Carolina Cash 5" drawing when his ticket matched all five numbers drawn. He bought his winning ticket in Fairmont.

In the Saturday Powerball drawing, three North Carolina tickets matched four out of five white balls plus the Power Ball and are worth $10,000 each. These tickets were sold at Wilco on Richlands Highway in Jacksonville, Petro Express on West North Main Street in Waxhaw, and Sea Merchants Inc. on Cape Fear Boulevard in Carolina Beach.