A father, 67 from Maryland is ecstatic having found out that he has won the top prize of $50,000 with the Maryland Lottery after almost not realising. The man, who has protected his identity explained how he’s developed a routine, where he travels down Belair Road and buys tickets for games for which top prizes haven’t yet been won – in hope that he will be the one to get that top prize money. This time, he stopped off at Nikki’s Discount Liquors which is located in Baltimore and opted to buy a “Gold” scratch-off ticket, before going on to check it and conclude that it wasn’t worth anything. Yet, he couldn’t have been any more wrong he found out – he was at work, employed as a heavy equipment mechanic when he handed his ticket to his co-worker who enters losing tickets into second-chance drawings. Upon entering the ticket into the system, he found out the $5 investment had brought him in the top $50,000 lottery prize. 

Michael and Virginia Owens from Tonganoxie in Kansas have finally received a big break with their habit of playing the lottery after finding out their paper-jammed Kansas Lottery ticket was worth $22,000. The Owens, explained that they play the 2by2 lottery game practically every day – and this occasion was no different, they went to the store which was Brothers Market located at 319 Ridge Street in Tonganoxie to get a new ticket, however the machine crinkled the ticket up after a small malfunction. Yet, the clerk said to them “the tickets that don’t print right are lucky” and this couldn’t have been more true Virginia found, after checking the ticket at the grocery store the following day. 

Craig Skwarczynski and his wife Kendra, from Huntington Beach in Orange County are ecstatic following their win of $5,000,000 with the California Lottery – although the wife’s excitement was subdued, it was there for sure. It was the husband that originally purchased two lottery tickets, including a $20 Hit It Big Scratchers from Surf City Liquor which is located at 20972 Brookhurst Street in Huntington beach before heading home and splitting them with his wife. As it turns out, his wife had the winning ticket which was worth $5M – however upon realising the win, she remained very calm and gave the ticket to her husband so he could double-check she read it correctly. Funnily enough, it was Craig that turned on the waterworks and started crying as soon as he saw the numbers, overwhelmed with emotion.

A man, from Australia who has opted to keep his identity anonymous disclosed how he had a winning lottery ticket worth $1,500,000 in front of him for five weeks without realising. The man, who is from The Katherine, Northern Territory explained how he had purchased a 50-game Quick Pick with the TattsLotto from Katherine Exposure Photographics and placed the ticket on his fridge – without scratching it off. He said that he heard someone had won in his town however he didn't even think of the possibility that it could be him. It was around five weeks later, when he finally took the ticket off the fridge to check the numbers and found that he'd matched up all of them which were: 34, 28, 22, 42 and 45 after having a look at the online results. 

Victor Argueta, from Los Angeles only had the intention of paying for some gas, when he found out that he had won $1,000,000 with the California lottery. Argueta, pumped his gas at an L.A Shell gas station which is located at 1107 South Hacienda in Hacienda Heights – but realised the machine hadn't printed a receipt for him so he popped into the store to get a new one. In the store, he was at the register when a $10 Plu$ the Money Scratchers ticket caught his eye and prompted him to buy a single ticket. He scratched it off immediately, eager to find out if he had won, and there it was in front of him – a $1,000,000 prize! 

Cathy Oviedo, from Orange County was on her lunch at work, heading to a fast food restaurant when she decided to pick up some lottery tickets on the way which she later found out were worth a total of $500,000. She purchased the tickets from Rome in Liquor, which is located at 6265 Auto Center Drive which is in Buena Park – Orange County before heading off to buy her lunch. Whilst in the queue at the drive-thru, she decided to utilise her time and scratch off her ticket which was a $10 Triple Jackpot Scratchers ticket from the California Lottery and it only took a few minutes for her to believe what she was seeing. 

Tayeb Souami, a 55-year-old accountant from New Jersey was smiling ear to ear after finding out he was the sole winner of a $315.3 million jackpot with Powerball. Souami, told the story of how he was going to do some work, but was distracted by the fact that his car was so dirty, and it was best to go to the car-wash first. On the journey, he spotted a seven-eleven store – which inspired him to check the ticket’s he’d bought earlier using the machine, the first ticket was not a winner, but the second ticket said that it must be seen by a retailer to confirm it’s worth. Bringing it to the clerk, the clerk said “Oh my god, oh my god” over and over again as he saw the amount on the screen. The winning ticket was originally purchased from ShopRite, which is located at South River Street in Hackensack and matched the numbers: 3, 6, 9, 17, and 56 as well as the Powerball number 25.