Fred, 67 and Lesley Higgins, 57 a retired couple from Scotland almost threw away their $67 million prize after being told that the ticket wasn’t a winner. Fred, is a regular lottery player and explained the story of how he popped into Scotmid which is located on Laurencekirk High Street and purchased a EuroMillions tickets before proceeding to give it to the man working at the shop to put through the machine, however the machine told them that the ticket wasn’t a winner so he ripped it in half and discarded it. Suddenly, the machine produced a message saying that they would need to contact the operator which is Camelot – so the clerk retrieved it from the bin and handed their ticket back. The ticket was now in two pieces, but the matching numbers could still be seen, which were: 3, 8.26, 33, 45 and Lucky Stars numbers 7 and 10 when he checked on the lottery website...

An anonymous individual, from San Jose in California has matched up all six lottery numbers to win a $522 Million with Mega Millions after a long, hugely anticipated drawing. This person, who has not yet stepped forward to claim their prize, purchased their ticket from Ernie's Liquors which is located at 2808 S White Rd. In San Jose and the ticket matched the numbers: 1, 2, 4, 19, 29 and Mega Ball number 20 as well as the Megaplier of 3 which totals up to a staggering $543,000,000 prior to taxation and other fees. This jackpot is the 9th largest jackpot in the US ever, and the 3rd largest of all the Mega Millions drawings, as a lump sum this prize will be worth around $320.5 million compared to the full pay-out over a set amount of years. 

Scott Williams, the owner of a barbershop in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis was left smiling after finding out he had won a $50,000 lottery prize with the Hoosier Lottery unexpectedly. Williams, told the story of how he was cutting the hair of one client when a customer called him to notify him that his lottery numbers of: 1-1-1-1 had come up in the last drawing, "Everyone knows I play" he explained and also outlined that he had been playing those same numbers for the past year after changing them from 1-4-0-1 which was based on the location of his barbershop. But he still didn't see this success coming, and is very happy with his new choice of numbers! 

Johnny Allen, a retired man from Los Angeles has been a dedicated lottery player all the way since the California Lottery sold their very first lottery ticket back in 1985 and finally he's won a whole $2,000,000 prize. Allen, was at a donut shop called Brand Donuts which is located at 10254 in Rosecrans Avenue in Bellflower when he decided to buy some California Lottery Scratchers tickets – including the Crossword Deluxe Scratchers. However, for some reason he automatically assumed that they weren't winners without checking and went to send his ticket into the 2nd Chance draw – that's when he found out that he was the winner of $2,000,000. In regards to his plans, he said that he has a reunion coming up and now he will be able to turn up in style, with some stylish transportation too – no-one will be expecting it! 

Robert Lundstedt, 56, from Massachusetts has finally seen a return on his dedication to playing the same numbers for over 26 years after winning on not one, but NINE separate tickets in total accumulating to a $900,000 prize. Lundstedt, a carpenter has created the combination of: 1,7, 11, 26 and 30 with the feeling that one day these would win, and on the Monday, he won this was no different, he was feeling especially lucky and decided to pop into four different shops to purchase nine Mass Cash tickets by the Massachusetts Lottery including Trucchi’s Supermarket, Cumberland Farms, Quick Stop and Corner Market – all located in Bridgewater. His Wife, Virginia says that her husband usually purchases around two a day, but this time he told her that he had a hunch and his hunch was right as he came home later that night and started throwing the multiple winning tickets one by one at his wife showing her how many were winners. 

Giovanni Escamilla, 19, from South Bay hasn’t even finished with his education but he has $1,000,000 more to his name after winning with a California Black Premium scratchers ticket! Escamilla, was at a gas station with his father – which was the Cochrane Food Mart & Carwash located at 851 Cochran Road in Santa Clara County when they decided to buy some drinks as well as a few scratch-off tickets in the process. Escamilla explained that he was not someone that played the lottery on a regular basis, so on this occasion he wasn’t even sure if he had won or not so he used the new California Lottery app to check his ticket, and there it was in front of him “You’re a winner! You have won $1,000,000” on his phone. 

Cheyenne Long, from Kalispell in Montana is thankful for the universe working in her favour after finding out she had won $77,000 from TWO lottery tickets in one day. Long, started off her day realising that she had won $2000 – which was a blessing in itself on July the 1st, however something told her to keep going with that same lottery game which was the Power Play Gold Crossword so she bought three more that day at Holiday station which is in Havre located at 200 W. First Street. On the second lot of tickets, she won the top prize of $75,000 and recalled how blissful she felt in that moment of epiphany. Long said that she was in shock and had no idea if it was real for a while and doubted herself as to whether she mistakenly thought she had a letter that was not there, but it was real.