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!”

Alejandro Lopez, was out with his wife at the Chuck Wagon restaurant when they won $600,000! This win, came down to a choice that made the difference between getting all, or nothing. Lopez asked his wife if she wanted to play music, or play the lottery with some scratchers tickets. The Chuck Wagon restaurant is located at 1070 East 6^th Street in Riverside County. Now, the plans for the future include buying a house, with the prize making them financially comfortable!

Ralph Havis, 73 from North Carolina, had struck luck for the 3^rd time with the North Carolina Lottery! His ticket landed him $1,000,000, a lump sum of $600,000 in the 100X The Cash game. This is his third prize in less than 2 years, and second in a month, he places this good fortune down to his now passed wife, Alma. Havis is the lifelong owner of the fast food restaurant Beef Burger, he says he plans on giving some of his winnings to his employees, and putting the rest in the bank. However he states "I'll be okay, but I'd give it all back with interest if I could have my Alma back".

Jose Hernandez, is a great dad and this has clearly done him some favors thanks to his positive attitude towards others! Hernandez, has landed himself $500,000 from a California Gold Rush Scratchers ticket. He has a daughter, who's currently deployed overseas in the Armed Forces and recently, he opted to pay the fees on her car. Now Hernandez says he'll finally be able to fulfill his dream of purchasing a Jeep Wrangler and take care of his family once he's got rid of debt!

Sean Zanderson, from Encinitas-San Diego County has an extra reason to celebrate, having won a top prize of $543, 579 following his birthday just 2 days before. He feels very optimistic about the year ahead now, turning 37 seems to be a great year! Plans for the future, involve using the winnings on a down payment for a house, alongside a vacation and a big night-out. This is the largest fantasy 5 prize won, since October last year worth $610,882 in Los Angeles.