Yokasta Boyer, from Clifton has discovered a year-old lottery ticket worth $472,271 after sorting through her documents in preparation for due taxes. Boyer has both a full-time job and a part-time job, working 60 hours a week so the Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket has done her a huge favor. She now hopes to be able to cut her work hours during the Christmas Holidays to spend more time with her loved ones.

Jerran Gonzales, a 37 year old dental assistant has won $555,555 thanks to his sisters advice! Gonzales, from Los Angeles rarely plays the lottery, however his sister kept telling him: "you're going to win, you're going to win" over and over, this mentality stuck with him and he decided to test his luck during his lunch break. The first ticket he bought, from a scratchers game didn't land him anything, yet he decided to give it another shot, purchasing 3 $5 Power 5's games on his journey home. Gonzales has plans for the future which involve many vacations, and a new car!

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!