North Carolina Education Lottery

Inside: Cash 5 Bonus Bucks Drawing | Lucke-Rewards Successful Launch | Pick 3 Green Ball - It’s Back!
Issue 27 | November 2012
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SSUE 27
Don’t you
love meeting
lucky winners?
Connect &
Learn More
Lottery resources are
available to you in many
ways. Your sales rep,
retailer services, and
our website are
always equipped with
information. Another
way to connect with us is
through social media on
Facebook and Twitter.
One job that we share is paying winners when they win.
For me, it’s the chance to go down to the Winner’s Room here at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and meet someone who just won $100,000 or more. I once met a
retired fireman from Asheville who had just won $141 million the day before.
For you, it’s scanning that instant or online ticket, hearing the winning tune on the
terminal and paying up to $599 in prizes.
It’s a big job. Paying out prizes is one of the biggest jobs the lottery has. Here are the
numbers.
• $961 million in prizes in our last fiscal year
• $18.5 million on average a week
• $2.6 million on average a day
In a business sense, prizes are the products that the lottery makes and sells. Some
are big wins. But many are the smaller wins that you handle every day as you help
our players have winning experiences.
Our North Carolina games have really been paying off recently.
In August, we paid out a record $7.5 million in prizes in the Carolina Pick 4 game
when the “quads” of 1-1-1-1 came up in the Aug. 11 evening drawing. On the same
day, “trips” of 7-7-7 came up in the afternoon Carolina Pick 3 drawing. Now it was
your turn to pay out some $1.6 million in prizes as folks came into your stores
to collect their $500 top prize. Since then, the Pick 3 game has hit “trips” three
more times.
We finished our first quarter up $19 million in sales over last year. I hope all your
stores had a good first quarter too. If such strong sales continue, we’ll be well on
our way to another record year of raising money for education in North Carolina.
Thanks for all you contribute to our cause.
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The first Carolina Cash 5 Bonus Bucks drawing will occur on November 14, so make sure
your players remember to keep their entry slips.
Remind your players that in order to get an entry slip for a Bonus Bucks drawing, they
must make a $5 Cash 5 purchase in one of the two following ways:
• Select five sets of numbers for one drawing on a single ticket purchase
• Choose one set of numbers for five drawings on a single ticket purchase
If a winning number drawn matches your player’s Bonus Bucks entry slip, they will win $50,000,
$5,000 or one of three $1,000 prizes. To claim a Bonus Bucks prize, the winning entry slip must be
presented at an NCEL claim center.
On the day of the drawing, the winning numbers can be located a number of ways:
· A printable PDF file of the winning numbers will be posted under the Retailer
Information/Downloads section at nc-educationlottery.org.
· A copy of the winning numbers can be faxed to your location by contacting Retailer Services at 1-877-382-4530.
On Nov. 20, the NCEL will release its
first instant-online crossover game:
Instant Carolina Cash 5.
The $2 scratch ticket features a top prize
of $50,000, just like the online game’s
starting jackpot. To win a prize, players
match their numbers to any of 10 winning numbers.
For the first time ever, players have the
chance to win online tickets on their
scratch-off tickets. Revealing a “Cash 5”
logo wins two $1 Carolina Cash 5 tickets
for the next drawing. The Quick Pick
tickets will be printed automatically by
your terminal at the time of validation.
Instant Carolina Cash 5 features more
than 52,000 prizes between $20 and
$200 and more than $5.3 million in total
prizes. Overall odds of winning a breakeven prize are 1 in 4.42.
Look out for new point-of-sale options
for this exciting game soon.
· If you are unable to obtain a copy of the winning numbers, alert your players that they can
be found at the lottery’s website.
Remember, the Bonus Bucks Promotion can help increase your sales and bring new Cash 5 players
to your location, so be sure to ask for the sale. Don’t forget entries generated after the entry deadline will be entered into the next available drawing. The four remaining Bonus Bucks drawings will
occur on January 16, March 20, May 22 and July 24.
Cash 5
Retailer
Incentives
NCEL retailers receive
incentives for selling
big-winning tickets.
The majority of these
incentives come from
Cash 5 as jackpots can be
won on a nightly basis.
Retailers can receive
between $1,000 and
$10,000, depending on
how long the jackpot rolls.
Here’s a list of retailers
receiving Cash 5 incentives
since July 1, 2012.
Retailer Name
City
Draw Date
Incentive
Village Grocery & Garden Shop
Handy Mart #5
Wilco #1845
Food Lion #818
Spring Forest BP/Fiddlestix
J Mart of Eden, Inc. #3
Alco #33
Citistop # 117
Lowe’s Foods # 160
Piggly Wiggly #8
Sam’s Mart # 61
New Dixie Mart #36
Charlie Grill & Grocery
7-Eleven #35561 3 G Mart
Wilco #389
Smile Mart
Salisbury New Bern
Washington
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Eden
Fayetteville
Asheville
Pinehurst
Elm City
Charlotte
Roanoke Rapids
Greenville
Charlotte
Smithfield
Jacksonville
High Point
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7/13/12
7/16/12
7/16/12
7/18/12
7/21/12
7/22/12
7/25/12
7/27/12
8/3/12
8/5/12
8/6/12
8/11/12
8/11/12
8/12/12
8/22/12
8/22/12
$7,000
$6,000
$1,500
$1,500
$2,000
$3,000
$1,000
$3,000
$2,000
$7,000
$2,000
$1,000
$2,500
$2,500
$1,000
$5,000
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Lucke-Rewards is a players rewards program that launched October 1 within the
NCEL Lucke-Zone Players Club. This program provides additional value at no extra
cost to players. Players can earn points on non-winning instant scratch tickets and use
points to enter weekly and monthly drawings for cash and other prizes.
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Please make sure you are sharing
this news with all players and your
sales staff is wearing the lapel
stickers provided to bring
attention to the promotion.
Remind players they can
watch the Green Ball Bonus
Draw nightly at
approximately 11:22 p.m.
on their local draw station
or they can visit
nc-educationlottery.org
to see if the
Green Ball is drawn.
www.luckezone.com/rewards
NCEL Sponsorships
How do I
find out the
winning
numbers?
The North Carolina Education Lottery is proud and
excited to be a sponsor of both professional and collegiate
North Carolina based sport teams during the 2012 - 2013
season. The collegiate sponsorships are designed to build
awareness and promote education contributions. The professional sponsorships are designed to raise awareness and
create exposure while building a unique brand presence
and educating players about new games.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the current sport sponsorships that the NCEL participates in:
Collegiate
• Duke University
• Wake Forest University
• North Carolina State University
• Appalachian State University
• Western Carolina University
• University of North Carolina Charlotte
• University of North Carolina Wilmington
WRAL: Channel 5
Raleigh
Professional
• Carolina Panthers
• Charlotte Bobcats
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Charlotte Checkers
• Charlotte Motor Speedway
WXLV: Channel 45
The Triad
WAXN: TV64
Charlotte
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WITN: Channel 7
Greenville, New Bern
& Washington
WLOS: Channel 13
Asheville
Visit
nc-educationlottery.org
or luckezone.com
and sign up for email
or text alerts
The NCEL is required to provide 1099’s to all
retailers who have earned at least $600 in
commissions during calendar year 2012 (January 1, 2012 – December 29, 2012) and are not
listed as a corporation (LLC are considered a
corporation) with the NCEL.
If your retail location meets the qualifications
for receiving a 1099 from the NCEL and you
have not received your form in the mail by
February 15, 2013, please have an owner contact Retailer Services at 877-382-4530 option
2 then option 1.
My retailer location does not meet the qualifications for receiving a 1099 but I need my
sales history for 2012, how can I request this
information?
After January 31, 2013, an owner or authorized representative can contact Retailer Services at 877-382-4530 option 2 then option 1.
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Selling your Business /
Change of Ownership
· Lottery certificates (contracts) are non-transferrable.
(Lottery can only be sold by the business that applied
and was approved by the NCEL.)
· If you are selling your business, you must contact the
lottery a minimum of 30 days prior to the sale/lease
taking place.
· The new owner should apply a minimum of four (4)
weeks prior to the sale date to allow for the processing
of the new application and to minimize any interruptions
in lottery sales at the location.
· The new owner will need to provide one of the following:
a Bill of Sale, Lease Agreement, Purchase Agreement or
Warranty Deed
Note: Report any changes (address, phone numbers, etc)
to Retailer Services at 877-382-4530 option 2 then
option 1.
Coming Soon!
New Terminal Paper Stock
Coming
Soon!
The NCEL will start distribution of new terminal paper
stock to retailers in late 2012.
The new paper stock adds color, bolder branding and
dedicated space to display the NCEL and Lucke-Zone
Players Club website addresses.
Please Note: Continue to use all current terminal paper
stock you have in inventory. Paper supplies are automatically shipped to you based on sales, so the arrival of the new
stock will vary by location. Most retailers can expect to receive
it later this year or early 2013. This change to paper does not
affect the wager in any way. Tickets printed on either type of
NCEL stock will be accepted at NCEL claim centers.
How lottery funds
benefit education
As a lottery retailer, it makes sense that customers – as well
as employees – would want to know how lottery funds benefit
education in the state. After all, making a difference for schools,
students, and teachers is good for all of us in North Carolina.
Here’s how it works:
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NCEL’s first $5
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with a $100,000
Top Prize!
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•The state legislature has directed lottery funds to pay for
teachers’ salaries in grades K-3 to keep class size as small as
possible, school construction, prekindergarten programs for
at-risk four-year-olds, and college scholarships and financial
aid based on need.
•Four times a year, the lottery makes a quarterly transfer to
the state. For fiscal year 2012 which ended on June 30, 2012
the lottery transferred a total of $456.7 million, bringing the
total since inception to more than $2.45 billion.
•Last year’s lottery funds for education were equal to about
5% of the total state education budget. So, while lottery funds
make a difference for specific education programs and have
increased each year since the lottery began, lottery funds
can’t cover every education need.
To see how lottery dollars are used in your county, please visit
nc-educationlottery.org and click on the “Where the Money
Goes” tab.
Are you
seeing seven?
Lucky 7’s, Power 7’s
& Ruby Red 7’s
offer Top Prizes
ranging from
$7,000 to $1 Million.
TOP 10 Retailers
July – September 2012
Instant Scratch-Offs
1. Reilly Road BP/Amoco
2. Carlton’s Tanglewood
3. Circus Food Store #6
4. Catamount Travel Center 5. Rose Mart #14 6. Winners Food Mart 7. Eagles Express 8. Sunrise Food & Gas 9. Raceway 10. CJ Food Store Fayetteville
Clemmons
Durham
Whittier
Wilson
Roxboro
Knightdale
Siler City
Tarboro
Jacksonville
Powerball
1. Carlton’s Tanglewood
2. Catamount Travel Center 3. Reilly Road BP/Amoco 4. Gate #417
5. Market Express #325
6. Rivergate Express 7. Kangaroo Express #3979
8. Highland Creek BP/Amoco 9. Rose Mart #14 10. Bobby Taylor Oil #2 Clemmons
Whittier
Fayetteville
Charlotte
Indian Trail
Charlotte
Charlotte
Charlotte
Wilson
Fayetteville
Mega Millions
1. Carlton’s Tanglewood
2. Reilly Road BP Amoco
3. Roadrunner Market #160 4. The Border Station
5. Kangaroo Express #928 6. Bobby Taylor Oil #2 7. Rose Mart #14 8. Catamount Travel Center 9. Eagles Express 10. Rivergate Express Clemmons
Fayetteville
Asheville
Moyock
Goldsboro
Fayetteville
Wilson
Whittier
Knightdale
Charlotte
Carolina Pick 3
Total Sales Non-Corporate
1. Church St Convenience Mart Rocky Mount
2. Reilly Road BP/Amoco Fayetteville
3. Ethco Service Station
Engelhard
4. Rose Mart # 14 Wilson
5. Raceway Tarboro
6. C Mini Mart #3
Raleigh
7. Kangaroo Express #3077 Rocky Mount
8. Winners Food Mart Roxboro
9. Five Points Food Mart New Bern
10. Highway 64 BP Raleigh
1. Reilly Road BP Amoco
Fayetteville
2. Winners Food Mart
Roxboro
3. C Mini Mart #3 Raleigh
4. Carlton’s Tanglewood Clemmons
5. Bobby Taylor Oil #2 Fayetteville
6. Circus Food Store #6 Durham
7. Raceway Tarboro
8. Catamount Travel Center Whittier
9. Church St Convenience Mart Rocky Mount
10. Ethco Service Station Engelhard
1. Kangaroo Express #924 Goldsboro
2. Tim’s Convenience Store Ahoskie
3. N & R Convenience Marts Inc Lumberton
4. Reilly Road BP Amoco Fayetteville
5. Rose Mart #14
Wilson
6. Highway 64 BP Raleigh
7. Church St Convenience Mart Rocky Mount
8. C Mini Mart #3 Raleigh
9. Winners Food Mart Roxboro
10. Ethco Service Station Engelhard
1. Rose Mart #14
2. Kangaroo Express #924 3. Rose Mart #6
4. Fast Track #127 5. Kangaroo Express #3077 6. James City Fuel Market 7. Kangaroo Express #3166 8. Han-Dee Hugo #33 9. Eno Family Fare #240 10. Wilco 1888 Wilson
Goldsboro
Wilson
Winston Salem
Rocky Mount
New Bern
Elizabethtown
Jacksonville
Durham
Plymouth
Carolina Cash 5
1. The Border Station
Moyock
2. Reilly Road BP Amoco
Fayetteville
3. Bobby Taylor Oil #2 Fayetteville
4. Winners Food Mart Roxboro
5. Calabash Citgo Calabash
6. Rose Mart #14 Wilson
7. Carlton’s Tanglewood Clemmons
8. C Mini Mart #3 Raleigh
9. Village Grocery & Garden ShopSalisbury
10. Catamount Travel Center Whittier
NCEL Holiday
Closings
Veteran’s Day
November 12, 2012
Thanksgiving
November 22 & 23, 2012
Christmas
December 24, 25, 26, 2012
nc-educationlottery.org
Total Sales Corporate
Carolina Pick 4
*Rankings for active retailers FY12 sales July 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012.
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ID!
North Carolina General Statute 18C-131(d)
prohibits the sale of lottery tickets to a
person under 18 years of age.
Always check proper identification and look
for the red border around the photo, which flags
a license as belonging to someone under 18.
Proper checking of ID is each retailer’s
responsibility, so please be sure that all of your
store’s personnel are aware of this requirement.
To assist with this the legal sell-to age date is now
located at the top of the terminal screen.
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WINNERS’
A Few
of Our
Winning
Players!
The North Carolina Education Lottery has raised
over $2.58 billion for education since inception.
(as of September 30, 2012)
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Powerball
Dale Strickland
Ronnie Cromer
The Lotto 20
Purchased in Winnabow at
Palms Grocery
Purchased in Lexington at
Purchased in Stoneville at
Garrett Mini Mart LLC
Pop Shoppe
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Carolina Cash 5
Extreme Green
Minnie Atkinson
Purchased in Elm City at
Piggly Wiggly #8
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Carolina Cash 5
Thomas L. Smith
Robert Stallings
Purchased in Monroe at
Kangaroo Express #3981
Purchased in Lumberton at
Sundo Kwik Shop
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Powerball
20X The Money
Blue Diamond Bingo
Maria Delapaz Martinez Delgadillo
Purchased in Durham at
Triangle Family Fare #430
James E. Dunlap
William J. Kisz
Purchased in Biscoe at
E-Zee Gas & Convenience Store #2
Purchased in Beech Mountain at
Fred’s Gen. Mercantile Co.
0
$30,00
Fast Cash Bingo
Elizabeth Potts
Purchased in Richfield at
Richfield Food Mart
$5,000
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Week For Life!
Ethel Alexander
Purchased in Fletcher at
Perfection Oil/Dodge Store
0
$20,00
7-11-21
Kyle R. Jones
Purchased in Jacksonville at
Scotchman #66
0
$10,00
Mega Millions
Luis Gonzalez
Purchased in Stoneville at
Adam’s Mart
For more winners, visit our website at nc-educationlottery.org
NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY
POWERBALL & MEGA MILLIONS
JACKPOT
WINNERS
In just six years, North Carolina has been lucky enough to see five of its lottery players
win jackpots in the two national jackpot games, Powerball and Mega Millions. That’s not
a bad streak of luck. Some state lotteries have had the two games longer than us, but so
far have not had any players hit a jackpot.
Where it is played: 42 states and
Washington, D.C. and U.S. Virgin Islands
Where it is played: 42 states and
Washington, D.C. and U.S. Virgin Islands
NC Powerball jackpot winners: 3
NC Mega Millions jackpot winners: 2
• Jackie Alston of Halifax won
$74.5 million in November 2006
• Mike Manheim of Greensboro won
$12 million in May 2011
• Jeff Wilson of Kings Mountain
won $88.1 million in June 2009
• The James Jones family of
Greenville won $57 million,
half of a $114 million jackpot,
in September 2011
• Frank Griffin of Asheville won
$141.4 million in February 2010
Total amount of NC jackpots:
$304 million
Powerball players can win other prizes
too, ranging from $4 to $2 million.
So far this year, as of September, 11
Powerball players have won $1 million
and one has won $2 million.
Total amount of NC jackpots:
$69 million
Mega Millions players can win other
prizes too, ranging from $2 to $1 million. So far this year, as of September,
two Mega Millions players have won
$1 million and 12 have won $250,000.
Don’t forget to get Powerball with Powerplay and
Mega Millions with Megaplier. If you win, you win MORE!