North Carolina $1 million lottery ticket sold at this grocery store

The winning Powerball ticket was sold at a North Carolina Food Lion grocery store.

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A recent buyer of a Powerball ticket in North Carolina received both terrible and good news from the lottery.

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We regret to inform you that they did not win the jackpot.

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The good news is that they did, in fact, earn the second-place award of one million dollars.

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Nobody won the jackpot in the Powerball game held by the North Carolina Lottery on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

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One sold ticket, however, had a match for the first five white balls but not the red "Powerball" number.

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Another million dollars went to the owner of this winning ticket.

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