As 32 year old Jeff Tomlinson engaged in taking his 3-year-old toddler to the nursery to support his wife, Jolene, he was hardly thinking of making a fortune on the job. He was rather enjoying his daily chit-chats with the sweet little one in the mornings and grateful looks from his hard working wife in the evenings before he would head off for his evening classes at Kirkwood Community College, where he was working towards an engineering degree. However, it was due to these daily errands that he eventually made a million. That particular Friday Jeff Tomlinson Jr. became $1 million richer as he claimed his Powerball prize.

Once you have become a millionaire, spending your winning might turn out to be a tough job. This happened to be the case for Jane Wyatt, a mum-of-three from Salford, who won £1 million with EuroMillions, for the August, the 27th draw; when she purchased the lucky ticket bought at last minute because she ‘felt lucky’. However, Jane felt confused with how to spend her winnings. Now, being confused with spending millions is a common thing among new millionaires, but joining the academy at the age of 49, learning how to spend money with care, implies character.

Returning late from work, tired, worn down, a sole breadwinner in the family, Mrs Rubinstein, expected nothing more than to take a breath for a minute and slowly start cooking the family dinner. With her husband following a new career path and no serious job opportunities turning up for a while now, she’d got used to carrying out the same old routine every day without a word of complaint. However, this Friday evening was different- there was a lovingly wrapped present waiting for her on the table. Genuinely taken by surprise, she unwrapped it only to find a smaller box inside. Intrigued even more, she kept unwrapping box after box until she came to the smallest one. Imagine her surprise, when she found a 5 Million lottery ticket inside!

Denice Harvey, 58, from Manteca in California was facing the biggest drama of her life, alongsine her dear husband’s recent death, she was also facing the loss of her family house and their car. She loved having her children and grandchildrend there now and then. Being almost blind, she had lost every hope to ever recover them. Now with her $785,000 winning she plans to buy a little house “You know, nothing fancy. All I care about is having a place for my children and grandchildren to come see me!" she said.

Ricky and Kathy Clark from Wichita, Kan., have hit it big as they matched the first five lottery winning numbers missing only the Powerball for Saturday's (Sept. 10) drawing. The parents of five can now celebrate their 33^rd wedding anniversary in style, buying a new family home to host their large family with seven grandchildren and taking a second honeymoon. The Kwik Shop located at 3601 E. 47th Street South, in Wichita that sold the winning ticket is due to receive a cash prize too.

A San Jose man has won $1.2 million while watering the flowers in his community church. It was to no surprise that true Catholics, Daniel Mendez and his wife, were puzzled at the absence of the traditional flowers usually surrounding the statue of the Virgin Mary at the Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in San Jose. Feeling a strong urge to do something about it, they planted the flowers around the statue and have watered them every week since. The 86-year-old grandfather also badly needed money to cover his roof repairs, therefore established the routine of buying lottery tickets every time he watered the flowers in the hope to win some cash. Now, having won a lump sum of $696,000, he can afford a new roof for his house as well as some nice presents for his grandkids.

Approaching your 70^th birthday can be tough; however, a several million birthday prize could brighten things up. A $8 million share of the $16 million jackpot will make the perfect birthday present for Carl Benedict, a resident of probably the oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine. The winner opted for a popular choice of getting his prize as a one-time, lump-sum pay-off, in this case amounting to $6,051,759.12. He also refrained from disclosing his further plans about his cash prize.