Joemel Panisa, from Oregon has found a lottery ticket worth $1,000,000 just 8 days before it was due to expire! Panisa purchased the winning ticket on the 25^th of January, 2016 at a mini market along a highway by the city of Newport, however he then placed it in his home office and completely forgot about scratching it. Luckily, after the weather brought ice storms and snow to the state of Oregon, Panisa found the motivation to clean out his office, which led him to find that very ticket worth a huge amount of cash!

Jerry, and Gina Villa have started off the new year with a huge $750,000 prize coming their way, as if the stars aligned for this family. They purchased the $10 Mystery Crossword Scratchers ticket from their local CVS which is located at 1456 Easy Yosemite Avenue in Madera County. The timing of the win couldn't have been better, as Jerry, 50 who is a chef supervisor has been wanting to buy a home, but the thought of a 30 year loan was daunting. Now these perfect circumstances have changed everything, "It's kind of a big weight off my shoulders and I'm extremely grateful" he stated.

Zachary Pearson, 19 from Massachusetts has been given the best present he could have received: a $1,000 a week lottery prize that keeps on giving. Pearson was given lottery tickets for Christmas, and with the small winnings he received from these, he used the money to purchase more tickets which went on to land him the grand prize! A Social Security Administration calculator shows that the average male of Pearson's age has a life expectancy of 82 year old, therefore theoretically he will collect a whopping $3.3 million over his lifetime. In the future he plans to purchase a new car, as well as paying for his college tuition.

Kiran Singh has had a great end to the year, winning $1,838,969 with Mega Millions from a draw back on December the 6th. He purchased the ticket at Creekside Cafe in Contra Costa County, which is located at 1581 Sycamore Avenue #9 in Hercules. The Mega Millions matched up five of the six numbers: 13, 34, 48, 53 and 63, just missing Mega number 12.

Michelle, and Dominic Nuzzi from Long Island have become the newest millionaires after landing a whopping $5,000,000 with a "Wild Bonanza Multiplier" scratch off ticket. Nuzzi bought multiple tickets, before going home to attend to some housework thinking nothing of it. However, once she took a seat at her kitchen table to scratch off the New York lottery tickets she'd purchased, she saw the number 49 match up on top and started screaming! Funnily enough, she thought she'd won just $5,000 at first, when the couple realized the number was actually $5,000,000, she had to use a magnifying glass on the ticket to be sure she wasn't seeing things.

Damaris Vasquez, and her father Jesus have landed themselves $1,000,000 with a California lottery scratchers game they regularly play together. Vasquez says that this tradition started around 2 years ago, when on Sunday evenings after dinner they began walking to their local store, Paul's Liquor & Deli, 2375 Sycamore Drive in Simi Valley as a weekly bonding activity they both enjoy. However, one of these walks turned out to be very different from all the others, when they purchased a $10 50X The Money ticket and scratched it to reveal a 6 figure sum of money. They were in shock, Vasquez was filled with happiness but stated, "I think we'll definitely be even more excited once we see those zeros in our bank account".

In the run up to Christmas, someone has clearly been feeling the spirit after donating a lottery ticket worth $100,000 to a church. The Massachusetts lottery ticket was given to Saint Anthony' Shrine, bringing an air of positivity after this church was robbed in the beginning of December. Father Thomas Conway, spoke about this anonymous benefactor stating, "He's really really touched people and inspired them and made them feel better about humanity to tell you the truth"