Eliseo Gutierrez, 58 from Los Angeles County is very thankful to God, after finding out that he had won almost $1 million dollars with a Mega Millions ticket. Gutierrez, purchased his ticket at the Chevron Service Station, which is at 206 North Vincent Avenue in West Covina and managed to match five of the six numbers in the draw of: 18, 26, 44, 30 and 22, however he did end up missing the Mega number 9 which would have given him a $113,000,000 prize had he also chosen it. Yet, he certainly isn't complaining, stating that "This is a blessing" and that the $906,649 prize he will be receiving is more than substantial for him. 

Thomas Grimme, from White Rock in British Columbia has become one of the very few people to have won a $400,000 lottery prize with the Washington Lottery which typically only pays out $10,000 prizes. Grimme, purchased 40 Match 4 tickets at the Cost Cutter Grocery which is located in Blaine, choosing the same four numbers on all of them which were: 4, 8, 17 and 24. This meant that when those four numbers were drawn, each one of his tickets was worth $10,000 – something that statistician views as a phenomenon as the chance of this happening was around 1 in 10,600 chances. However, in addition to this, Christian Hansen, a professor and department chairman of Eastern Washington University's Mathematics Department stated that he doesn't understand why Grimme purchased 40 tickets with the same four numbers, as the odds for him winning were the same had he bought 1 ticket or 40. Grimme would likely to maintain his privacy, and therefore hasn't disclosed personal plans on how he is going to spend the winnings.

"This is too good", Helan Yonangitti said feeling positive about the future after finding out she was the sole winner of a $1,200,000 prize with the California Lottery. She purchased a $2 Set for Life scratchers ticket, which has proven very popular due to the possibly of receiving the prize as gradual $4,000 MONTHLY payments over 25 years, or instead a lump sum of $696,000 and is very excited with the win, not for the monetary benefit but instead with how this win is going to benefit her children. They went on to claim their ticket at the California Lottery's Central Valley District office, and speaking of her win she said "Thankyou", "I love you guys". The retailer will also be receiving a $6,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Richard Heath, a 77-year-old school crossing guard from Syracuse in New York has just landed a fairy-tale lottery prize worth $1,000,000 following 16 years of buying scratch-off tickets on a regular basis. Heath, has made it a habit to purchase a few $2 tickets every morning in the Valley before going on to ensure children get to school safely, and has won numerous prizes over the years including $40 and $100 prizes however he never expected that one day he would end up with the top prize in the lottery game! Interestingly, Heath says he has no plans to leave his job and would like to continue making sure the children are getting to and from school safely.

Davis To, a 28-year-old from Alhambra in California is thrilled to bits to find out he is the sole winner of a $750,000 prize with the California Lottery. To, became a winner after purchasing a California Lottery Mystery Crossword Scratchers for just $10, usually known to be a quiet guy in nature, he sure acted completely out of character when he found out how much of a prize he'd landed. "I screamed a little bit" he said, "I screamed like a little kid. High-pitched" he admitted, laughing in recollection of the event. 

Jimmie Smith, 68, from East Orange is feeling like the luckiest man in New Jersey right now after finally winning a $24,100,000 lottery prize after having been playing the lottery since the 1960's. Smith, a retired security guard purchased his ticket from a grocery and tobacco shop which is located on 158 Church Street in Tribecca, Lower Manhattan, however he's never been in a rush when it comes to checking whether his ticket is a winner, "I always told myself, I'll check them when I have the time,". On this occasion, Smith discovered his winning ticket just 2 days before it was due to expire after seeing a news story about that ticket in particular, he went to his closet where his favourite shirt has a whole wad of unchecked lottery tickets in the pocket. One of these tickets was worth $24.1 million.

Peggy Rike, from Oakland has found her system for buying lottery tickets has backfired and certainly didn't lead her to winning a $6,000,000 prize with the California Lottery. Rike, developed her own strategy which involves her visiting 12 different stores in both San Leandro and Oakland, depending on what day of the week it is. Rike, regularly visits three or four stores a day that sell lottery tickets and buys multiple scratchers tickets. "I won't buy them all in one spot" she said. However, the irony became apparent when one day her husband needed to go to the store to buy some milk and she came with him, despite this being a detour store from where she usually purchases her tickets. Now, Peggy has the decision of choosing to receive the lottery money as a lump sum of $3,480,000 or instead gradual payments of $20,000 monthly.