Two friends from Lido Beach, Long Island are certainly celebrating after winning $8.3 million on the March 18^th drawing with the New York Lottery. Randi Bernstein, 63, and Elizabeth Kelly, 56 have been buying lottery tickets together for the past few months, with Randi buying them and Elizabeth scratching them in their unique arrangement. Elizabeth purchased four sets of Lotto Quick Picks for $2 from Rip's Cards & Things which is located on Long Beach road, Oceanside. It was this purchase that led them to discover their win when they checked the Sunday paper in the early hours after the drawing. "Things have been very difficult between Sandy and personal things, so it's been very life-altering. This will make things easier to say the least. I'm very happy".

Lina Trinh is feeling very lucky after landing $750,000 with the California lottery on a Crossword Scratchers! Trinh purchased the $10 ticket from 5 star Liquor, which is located at 9461 Edinger Avenue in Westminster – Orange County, and realised she'd won before she'd even left the store. She plans to buy a home for her family as well as pay off the debt on her car. In addition to this, Trinh hopes to donate some of her winnings to a charity in Vietnam in order to help either the young or elderly who are struggling. "That's been my mission since a long time ago" - she stated referring to her need to help others.

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.