Nancy Viola, and her husband Vito Viola, 37 have landed themselves a monumental $169 million with MegaMillions thanks to his mistake. Nancy asked her husband, a NYPD sergeant to buy her some Powerball tickets as the jackpot had grown to $900 million, however he ignored her and bought $1 QuickPick ticket- which ended up having all the winning numbers of: 11, 39, 51, 57, 75 and Mega Ball 2. They opted to claim a lump-sum of $64,796,160 which they cashed in by setting up a foundation called The Orbity Fund LLC.

Ana Avelar, 40, Los Angeles, has won $600,000 thanks to a lottery ticket sent to her as a gift from an estate agent! Avelar had received a free appraisal online through the site HouseValues.com from Ramon Sanchez of Ramon Sanchez real estate group, who decided to gift her a $1 California Lottery scratcher’s ticket to show his appreciation of doing business.  Avelar has chosen a lump-sum of $348,000 and plans to pay off her second mortgage and put the rest away.

Alexander DeMassis, 30, from Dania has won the top prize of $2,000,000 thanks to the Flamingo Multiplier scratch-off game! DeMassis purchased the $10 winning ticket at Publix, which is located at 3251 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, where the retailer will also receive $4,000 in commission just for selling the ticket! The winner has opted to receive his prize as a one-off lump-sum of $1,510,000.

Patricia Duke, 63 from Fremont is able to fulfil her life-long dream of travelling after winning a $555,555 lottery prize with the California Lottery. Duke is a daycare operator, and with this money she’s now able to pay off her bills and retire according to her wishes. In the future, she and her husband have plans to visit many spectacular landmarks, such as Disneyland- where they have a seasonal pass and Niagara Falls is also on the list.

One unknown winner, from Los Angeles is holding a ticket worth $814,806 from the Mega Millions scratch-off game! Someone purchased this ticket from Chevron, a gas station located at 11355 Artesia Boulevard in Cerritos. California’s winner matched up 5 of the 6 lottery numbers: 36, 37, 38, 52 and 62, only missing off the Mega number 6 which would have landed them a staggering $293 million!

Anthony Sans, 28 from Miami has just had the luckiest weekend of his life, winning $1,000,000 from a Scratch-off lottery ticket! He bought the winning ticket from Publix, which is located at 13850 Southwest 8^th Street in Miami. . He states “I haven’t been able to eat or sleep since Friday when I realized I had a winning ticket,” “I have always told my family I was going to win the lottery”- his positive attitude certainly helped him land the prize.

An Anonymous winner, 67 from Maryland has claimed $11,000 after buying 2 $100,000 Gold Rush Scratch-offs at the same time! Mukesh Manekporia, is the co-owner of the store and says he is very happy that someone's won a large prize in his store for the first time ever, he advised the winner to visit lottery headquarters, as retailers aren't authorized to hand out more than $500. The winner has plans to pay all the bills, treat herself and save the rest of the money!