Christopher Allen, 47 from Modesto always kept his expectation’s low when it came to playing the lottery, so when he won a $750,000 prize he was bewildered! Allen, was running a few errands and had just taken his wife to work when he intuitively made a quick decision to stop off at Dennis’ Sav-On-Liquor store which is located at 2409 on Moffett Road which is in Ceres, Stanislaus County – whilst there, he picked out a $10 Mystery Crossword Scratchers. Feeling keen, he instantly scratched off the ticket whilst he was still in the store and unexpectedly he watched as one, by one all of the numbers were matching up! “I was mesmerized, I almost fell over myself” he laughed. He asked the clerk to check the ticket straight-away and the $750,000 prize was confirmed. 

Bill Pendergast, from Fort McMurray in Alberta is probably feeling like one of the luckiest lottery winners, after being fortunate enough to land a $1,000,000 lottery prize with the Canada 649 Lottery which will enable him to fix his broken home which was torn apart by a fire. Pendergast, who is 50 years old purchased the $3 lottery ticket earlier on in the month after stopping off at a local store situated in Newfoundland and Labrador when he was travelling to see his father who wasn’t in good health. “Dad called and asked me to stop on my way back to the hospital and pick him up a cold 7-Up”, and sure enough this little trip to the store ended with him leaving with not just the drink, but also the winning lottery ticket..

Don DeSaer, from New Ulm has found that the Minnesota Millionaire Raffle ticket has stayed true to its name after winning the top prize in the game. DeSaer ended up with the winning ticket, after it just so happened that his daughter – Amber DeSaer decided to buy a lottery ticket for him (her Dad) as well as for herself from Casey’s General Store which is located at 314 20th St. S. in New Ulm. When scratching the tickets, Amber says that she realized that her Dad’s ticket was only 2 numbers away from hers so once she’d heard that there was a winning ticket sold at Casey’s – she knew it had to be his, “I knew he had it” she recalls. “I wasn’t going to keep it myself” Don explains, however his daughter refused to accept the ticket so the solution they finally came up with, was splitting the $1,000,000 prize amongst all 6 family members.

Charles Leath, from Roseville was only looking to pick up some gas when this short-trip lead to him picking up a $5,000,000 lottery ticket too! Leath, had an appointment that he had to attend, however on the way he thought it would be a good idea to fill the car up as he knew he would be working later for a ride-sharing service and wanted to be prepared. The gas station that he stopped at was the Arco am/pm which is located at 2998 Foothill Boulevard, going inside to pay for the gas he saw a new Scratchers game which was the “Hit it Big ticket” and decided it was worth a shot. As he now realizes, the rest really turned to history as now he has so many more opportunities available at his disposal such as travelling. 

Edward Fedenrinko, from Indianapolis almost didn’t cash in on a $60,000 lottery prize as he didn’t think it was his – cashing in just 3 days before the ticket was due to expire! Fedenrinko’s ticket was purchased back in June 6th, 2017 – with his CA$H 5 ticket matching all of the five numbers needed to win, giving him 180 days to claim the winnings, however when he saw a sign outside the shop where he purchases his lottery tickets saying that a winning CA$H 5 ticket had been sold there, he just didn’t think it could be his. Luckily, just a week before it would have expired he went on to claim the $60,000 prise from the Hoosier Lottery Headquarters which are located in Indianapolis. .

Armando Perez, from Inland Empire has always been buying lottery ticket’s as a way of calming down after work but when he came to realize that he’d won a $1,000,000 prize – it’s doubtful that he was able to relax at all! Perez, says his mind is often “going 100 miles per hour” when he finally comes home after a long day so his way of finding some peace within himself is popping down to the supermarket after walking his dog to buy a few things as well as a few California Scratchers tickets. On this occasion, he stopped off at G&B Liquor which is located at 15466 ½ San Bernardino Avenue and decided to purchase a $10 Holiday Magic Scratchers ticket before rushing home to watch a football game on TV. “About five minutes into the first quarter, I started scratching the ticket. I didn’t really pay close attention because, to be honest, I was more focused on the football game. When I looked at the ticket again, I told my girlfriend, who was sitting on the other couch, that I’d just won $1 million” he recalled. 

A very fortunate Irish family, who have chosen to maintain anonymity have come forward to claim a lottery prize worth the equivalent of $46.5 million with the Euro Millions lottery. The family, purchased their winning ticket from the Village Shop which is located in Malahide and opted for a Quick Pick on Friday 29^th December which also happened to be the day of the draw. A family spokesman spoke on behalf of the family themselves, “This is life changing. It is amazing to think that we and our family members are now secure for the rest of our lives. But we won’t go crazy. We have no plans to move to the moon”, “I play Euro Millions regularly and I checked my ticket as normal in a shop the morning after the draw,” he continued, “A message came up to contact the National Lottery. I knew then we had won. I was dizzy”.