Bits & Odds

North Carolina Lottery Results and Winning Numbers

Every game's newest draws, to October 8, 2026. Below them: what a ticket costs in North Carolina, which add-ons NC Education Lottery sells, and what it is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Latest North Carolina lottery results

Every North Carolina draw on Oct 8 North Carolina results by date

At the jackpot standing after the October 7, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in North Carolina is worth $0.94, 47c on the dollar after North Carolina's 4.5% withholding. The best North Carolina scratch-off on sale returns 91c — no jackpot, but far more of the money comes back. Every one, ranked.

Multi-state games in North Carolina

What is different in North Carolina

Ticket price
$4 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play and Double Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
On sale — $1
A second drawing of the same numbers, every prize fixed, top prize $10 million. Worth about 53c per dollar — the best-value dollar on the ticket.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — North Carolina does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
4.5%
Held back before the cheque is written, on top of 24% federal. What you finally owe is settled at filing.
Minimum age
18
NC Education Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and NC Education Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

NC Education Lottery's own games

These are drawn in North Carolina, for North Carolina, and we hold every draw of them on record.

North Carolina lottery tools

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North Carolina lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in North Carolina?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus NC Education Lottery's own games: Pick 3, Pick 4, Cash 5. We hold the full draw history for all of them.
Does North Carolina sell Power Play and Double Play?
Both. Each costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket, so a full North Carolina line is $4. We price Power Play at about 46 cents per dollar and Double Play at about 53 cents.
How much tax does North Carolina withhold from lottery winnings?
4.5%, held back before the cheque is written and on top of 24% federal withholding. Withholding is not the final bill. The calculator works out what you would actually keep.
Which North Carolina lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much. A scratch-off is a different proposition again: the best on sale in North Carolina now returns about 91 cents on the dollar.
Where do these North Carolina numbers come from?
Straight from NC Education Lottery's own published results, read every day, and the multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The North Carolina rules on this page were read from powerball.com and NC Education Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the NC Education Lottery

NC Education Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. nclottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.