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!

Brandon Robertson, 25 was about to visit some friends on a beautiful Memorial day weekend, when his dad reminded him to fill up the gas tank for his part-time job at UPS. This decision that landed him $1.2 million with the California Lottery!  He's claiming a lump-sum of $696,000 and plans to do lots of fun things whilst being smart by investing and renting out properties in order to earn money! 7-Eleven receieved $6,000 as a retailer of a winning ticket.

Joseph Yanish, 33, from Minnesota has claimed a $1 million lottery prize with Powerball! His ticket matched all five numbers: 13, 27, 47, 64, 65 and Powerball number 9. Joseph, and his wife Erin Yanish, visited headquarters in Rosewood and received their winnings. Now, they’d like to pay off all their debts- including the mortgage on their house and travel.

Amadou Gillen, 46 from Wiltshire is the winner of £4 million, the largest scratch card jackpot ever won in the UK! Gillen, purchased 2 ticket at McColl’s for £10 each during a break on his 12 hour shift. Speaking of the future he says he plans to purchase a 3 bedroom house in Bristol, learn to drive a Peugeot, and go on holiday to Gambia to visit family, alongside a visit to Jamaica. Work is off the table, after finishing his last shift he handed in his keys and hasn’t looked back since, stating “I can now tick all the boxes of everything I’ve ever wanted to do!”