North Carolina woman wins first Powerball drawing of 2024 during live broadcast on ABC

CLINTON, N.C. -- For the 2nd clip successful a row, a North Carolinian became the archetypal millionaire of the twelvemonth by winning a drafting conscionable aft midnight during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" connected ABC.

This year's victor was Pamela Bradshaw of Clinton.

"I'm truthful blessed," said Bradshaw aft winning the drafting during a unrecorded broadcast connected ABC. "I'm truthful blessed."

Bradshaw archetypal won a VIP travel to New York City successful a second-chance drafting held by the NC Education Lottery. She was 1 of 5 players successful the state to triumph that prize. Then of those five, she was selected astatine random arsenic the $1 cardinal winner.

The travel to New York was Bradshaw's archetypal clip ever flying connected an airplane oregon visiting the Big Apple.

"I cried connected the level thrust and I cried astatine the Statue of Liberty," she said. "It's conscionable been truthful incredible."

With her winnings, Bradshaw said she plans to bargain a house.

"I would emotion to person my ain location that is excavation and that I consciousness harmless in," Bradshaw said of her plans for her prize money. "I tin person my ain location and hole it up beauteous and cleanable and consciousness safe. Not thing fancy oregon big, conscionable a small cottage oregon thing with 1 oregon 2 bedrooms."

Last year, Gary Krigbaum of Spindale (a municipality successful Rutherford County) won the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year drawing.

The Powerball excitement continues Monday night, with the game's increasing jackpot reaching an estimated $810 million.