Pasquotank County woman wins $1 million playing Powerball

August 14, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 3:18 PM

Janet Cornelius of Elizabeth City took a chance on a $2 Powerball ticket and won a $1 million prize.

Cornelius matched numbers on all five white balls in Wednesday’s drawing. The odds of that happening are 1 in 11.6 million.

She bought her lucky Powerball ticket from the Hop-In Citgo on North Road Street in Elizabeth City.

Cornelius arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to claim the prize. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $720,100.

Powerball is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.

10 COMMENTS

8/18/2026 02:17 - Paula F.

Congratulations ????

8/17/2026 10:21 - Nita C.

Congratulations! I'm so happy f or you.

8/17/2026 03:27 - Sharon S.

Shirley B...it's no coincidence trips haven't fallen in a while.notice that the number you need for a trip or a quad comes in the fireball # that means way less pay outs.just stating the obvious.

8/17/2026 01:29 - Sandra B.

Such a blessing.

8/16/2026 06:27 - Latandra V.

Wow a win from NC! Congratulations!

8/16/2026 04:47 - shirley b.

trips are way overdue NCEL

8/16/2026 04:00 - Elizabeth K.

Put in 5 powerball numbers but won’t let me checkout but appears to have taken money out of my account,NC Lottery
Hi Elizabeth! Sorry about that! Please reach out to our Online Support folks at https://laosamayor.com/Help and they can look into this.

8/16/2026 03:01 - Jacqueline G.

Congrats

8/15/2026 09:42 - Michael B.

Congratulations

8/15/2026 08:40 - Steven B.

be wary of strangers bearing gifts UNLESS its the NC lottery handing you a big check!!!!

Pasquotank County woman wins $1 million playing Powerball

August 14, 2026 Posted by NC Lottery at 3:18 PM

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