A lottery player won $500 — then scored an even bigger prize in North Carolina. “Go big or go home,” James Vandling told the N.C. Education Lottery after he tried his luck on a second ticket that was worth $1 million. Now Vandling, a grandfather from Alamance County, is planning for a “dream vacation.”

A North Carolina lottery player is set to get much richer after scoring a life-changing prize. The player bought a Lucky for Life game ticket that matched all but one number in the Nov. 13 drawing, making it worth $25,000 a year for life, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 18-24-27-43-45, with gold Lucky Ball 8.

An Alamance County man turned a $50 scratch-off ticket into a life-altering lottery prize. James Vandling, of Mebane, says he stopped at the Hawfield General Store on South NC 119 in Mebane for no reason other than to get his nephew some Gatorade.

The winner bought her winning $20 Merry Multiplier scratch-off from the Quality Mart on Piney Grove Road in Kernersville because she liked the look of the new ticket.

A lottery player’s age led him to a jackpot win — and it “came right on time.” Jamar Tillman of North Carolina may buy a new house after he discovered his ticket was worth $200,000. “ I about passed out ,” Tillman told the N.C. Education Lottery in a Nov. 6 news release. “It felt great though.”

A North Carolina man who won $500 from a scratch-off lottery ticket decided to try again and scored a $1 million prize.

They're going to Disney World! North Carolina lottery winners plan to take vacation of a lifetime with winnings.

A lucky North Carolina man is celebrating big time after a stop to grab a drink ended with a $1 million lottery win. James Vandling, of Mebane, recently stopped by the Hawfield General Store on South N.