A North Carolina man who opened a lottery app to kill a few spare minutes ended up staring at a life changing jackpot instead. What began as a bored scroll on his phone turned into a nearly seven ...

STEDMAN, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Stedman man turned his passion for the digital instant game The Lamp: Dark Arts into a $123,503 lottery jackpot last Friday. William Cox, who played for $5, hit the game's ...

Lottery officials said players bought fewer high-margin jackpot tickets, reducing profits available for education.