Senior district judge James Stocklas’ annual vacation to Florida came to a close with him and his friends winning over $291 million in a Powerball lottery prize. Now they will share out the lottery prize, to each receive over $40 million after taxes. As a way of celebrating, they splashed out on renting a private jet to travel to Florida to collect the prize, the jet costs $3,000 an hour, with the total trip ending up around $20,000. In regards to the future, Stocklas says he’ll stick to his role of a senior judge for Northampton County, and will use the money for setting up trust funds, charities and helping his family. He says his life has changed forever, that’s what luck brought him.

California Lottery: Lisa Toton and Laura Poorman, who are fraternal sisters, have hit a $6 million dollar prize with the California lottery! They opted for monthly payments of $20,000 over the next 25 years, rather than the lump sum. They plan on getting a vacation home, a new home, and Toton wants to help out her college-aged daughter. They don’t see their prize as life altering, and plan to continue their jobs!

UK National Lottery: Garry Cannings, 63 and Lisa Cannings, 48 were shocked to find out they had won a monumental sum of £32,534,188 ($45.5 million) with the UK National Lottery! They plan on finding a larger home, Garry who plays golf recreationally is on the lookout for a car wide enough to fit his golf clubs and as a couple who are big fans of Lord of the rings, they’ll be looking to travel to New Zealand to see where it was filmed! After looking out for their family financially, they would like to experience new things and travel with this money!

Florida Lottery: Michael Croteau, 61 from Lake Worth is the winner of $1 million from the $5,000,000 Flamingo Multiplier Scratch-off Game. He purchased his ticket at SB Food & Discount Beverage, which is at 6404 Melaleuca Lane in Greenacres. Croteau will be receiving his prize at a lump-sum of $773,186.00 rather than yearly gradual payments.

Powerball: Maureen Smith, 70 and David Kaltschmidt, 55 are the second announced winners of the historical Powerball draw worth $1.6 billion. David, who worked in designing planes has now decided to retire and purchase a car before focusing on investments, helping charities and organising tax strategies. Whilst Maureen would like a massage for now, and later help some special people in her life. They haven’t revealed any information on children, as they are looking out for their personal privacy and security.
 

Kansas Lottery: Andew Shong, 34 from Dodge City has won $10,000 through Kansas Hold’em, a virtual poker game. Now, thanks to this prize, he’s able to fulfil his dream of starting his own small business, which involves opening a truck repair shop! The Kansas Lottery runs this game, with a new hand dealt each 4 minutes and top prizes up for grabs!

California Lottery: Joseph Carrillo, 31 has won his share of luck after a life-changing tip from his Pizza Hut co-worker! The day he’d won the prize, he was left with $100 he’d earned in tips as a pizza delivery driver. Now he’ll be collecting a lump sum of $696,000, which he’ll partially be spending on a vacation. The lottery retailer itself with also receive a bonus of $6,000 for selling the ticket.