A couple from Abernathy, Texas have been very fortunate in winning a jackpot worth $177 million with Mega Millions. Their son Rodrigo Cantu, spoke about their win on their behalf. His dad has been playing the Texas lottery since it began, and they'll most likely continue even after this win as its difficult to break a habit that's gone on for 30 years, he once even purchased 180 tickets at once and won nothing!"It's very daunting, it’s a lot of money. You have to make sure everything is right, down to security for my parents once this gets out". They've opted to receive their prize money as a lump sum, which brings $177,000,000 down to $72,901,274 and their first plan is to use some of this money to build two new churches, one in Post and one in Abernathy.

Rachel Signorello, 48 is very thankful she followed her husband's advice during her shift at work, as it landed her a $292,524 prize with the Michigan lottery. Signorello was working at Playoffs Sports Bar and Grill as a waitress, when her husband came to visit her and later called her, telling her to keep playing Club Keno as he has a "feeling" about it. Consequently, she spent her last $10 that she had with her on purchasing a two-spot ticket for 5 draws with the Jack, to find the last draw was worth a huge sum of money!

Jorge Matamoras, 39 from Spring, Maryland has beaten the odds by winning a large lottery prize for the second time, from the same store! Matamoras experienced his first win back in March with the 20X The Cash game, in which he'd won $5,000. Only a few weeks later he came back to the same store, which is the 29 Convenience Mart located in Silver Spring, this time landing a $50,000 prize with the very same game. "I certainly didn't think there would be any more big winners at this store so it totally took me by surprise," he stated at the lottery headquarters whilst picking up his prize money.

A nurse from Detroit, is looking forward to cutting her hours back as a nurse after winning a $4 million lottery prize with the Michigan lottery. Upon scratching the ticket, she was shocked to discover the sum of money she'd won, even the shop clerk didn't believe her until she'd checked the ticket herself. In regards to her job, the player has been working as a nurse for 28 years, including plenty of overtime at multiple jobs. The winner has chosen to receive her $4 million as a lump-sum rather than gradual instalments, which brings her winnings down to $2.5 million. Her plans for the future include purchasing a new car, paying for her daughter's tuition, and bills as well as investing the overall majority.

Ervin Smolinski, 94, has just received the best birthday gift ever after receiving a winning lottery ticket worth $300,000 from his daughter! Smolinski, a World War II veteran explained how this was part of an inside joke within his family, as every month he'd purchase some lottery tickets and give them as presents to relatives who had birthdays that month. This became a tradition for his family, with everyone giving him chocolate and scratch-offs for his own birthday as well. Speaking about plans for the money, he explained that the $300,000 won't change much of his day-to-day life as he is someone who always shops in the sales and is careful with his money, however it will remove the stress of having to worry about money in general.

Merry Thomas, from Virginia is the latest winner of a $1,000,000 prize with the Virginia Lottery after doing the good deed of showing her friend Julie how to play scratch-off lottery tickets. Thomas went to the Giant Food store, with her friend Julie which is located on Town and Country Road in Fredericksburg, where she explained how the self-serve machine operated in scanning the tickets. Julie won $12, whilst Merry won a $1 million prize, stating "I've been freaking out since then!". She doesn't have any plans for the future as of yet, however she feels very fortunate and is in disbelief at the amazing situation she's found herself in, beating the odds which were 1 in 1,162,800 to win the top prize.

Hector Pasillas, from Visalia sure is glad he started playing the lottery after winning a $750,000 prize following his dad's footsteps! Pasillas began buying lottery tickets six months ago after watching his dad win a $1,000 prize with a $10 Mystery Crossword Scratchers game. He purchased the winning Mystery Crossword ticket at 7-Eleven which is located at 111 West Walnut Avenue in Visalia, however it wasn't until he was sat in his car that he scratched it off to realize he'd won. Initially, he thought that he'd won just $200, and it wasn't till he had the ticket scanned by the clerk that he learned it was actually the top prize of $750,000.