NC woman claims one-third of $564 million Powerball jackpot

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lottery officials said today that a woman has come forward to present one of three winning tickets for a $564 million Powerball jackpot drawn earlier this month.

The N.C. Education Lottery scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. today to reveal the identity of the lucky bearer of one of the three winning tickets sold for the Feb. 11 drawing. She will get $127 million before taxes if a lump-sum payment is chosen, or $188,000 split into annuity payments over the next 29 years.

Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Shallotte, a coastal town just north of the South Carolina border. It is the fourth time that a North Carolina ticket has claimed a Powerball jackpot. In North Carolina, a winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize.

The winning numbers were: 11, 13, 25, 39, 54 and the Powerball 19.

Another ticket-holder from the Feb. 11 drawing in Puerto Rico has elected to remain anonymous, while the owner of a winning ticket sold in Texas has not yet come forward. The Texas Lottery posted on Twitter that one of the winning tickets was sold at Appletree Food Mart in Princeton, a city about 40 miles north of Dallas.