Mega Millions: Friday 13th, the day of bad luck has come out to be the day of winning an estimated $200 million for one lucky unidentified player! For the first time in 2 years, a winning Mega Millions tickets been purchased in Ohio. All six numbers of 17, 18, 31, 35, 59, mega ball number 9 and megaplier 5 were matched using auto pick, meaning they’ve won the top prize worth $121 million in cash value. $1.5 Million Mega Millions Ticket purchased in San Jose: For one lucky lottery player from the Bay Area it’s a particularly good veterans day, successfully having matched five of the six numbers in the Mega Millions draw. They have now won an estimated $1,593,144 with the numbers 8, 45, 17, 71 and 20 missing only the number 4.

Florida lottery: Steven Acton, 61 has been announced as a winner in the $20 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE scratch off game, from the Florida lottery his $20 has been turned into $500,000. After being a regular player of both Lottery Terminal and scratch off games, his perseverance has finally paid off. $5 Million Scratchers® Win in Los Angeles: Jose Sorto, Los Angeles is the newest winner of the $20 Ultimate Riches Scratchers ticket, after purchasing a ticket from a retailer next to the tire shop where he works! His ticket has won him the top prize money of $5,000,000, making him California’s newest multimillionaire!

California Lottery: The determination of fifteen employees from Los Angeles has finally paid off after winning $7 million from a SuperLotto Plus ticket, matching all 6 numbers: 11, 13, 25, 30, 43 and Mega Number 4! Mega Millions: Five friends hit jackpot after a decade of buying tickets together: After a decade of pooling in their money, a group of five friends form Yonkers have won the $106 million MegaMillions jackpot. For Edgar Lopez, 52 it was his turn to pick up the tickets from Yonkers Grocery and Convenience when he realised his quick pick ticket had made them all millionaires!

Playing Mega Millions has always been a weekly routine for 57-year-old Pat Tucker of Los Angeles County. A strong game supporter, he would even do it twice a week to improve his chances. However, without much success he just had to keep trying and keep reminding himself that there will be a day…  And that was the case until one day when a stroke of good luck finally did hit him. Now a winner of $380,774 he wants to pay off the remainder of his mortgage. However, quite content with his life the way it is, he is determined to keep things pretty much the same, only altering a few bits and bobs to make everything a bit simpler.

California Gold Rush Scratchers: Family meetings are a very typical thing at the Buencilla home in the San Fernando Valley, however walking away with the top prize of $500,000 is mostly certainly not. The family has won small amounts of $15, $18 on several occasions and whilst Buencilla said he’d always had a feeling that his household would win something, he was not expecting his $5 investment to land him a half a million dollar prize! An Indoor slide, a Popcorn Machine and Disneyland for Lotto Winners! A couple with a young family have been declared the winners of the lotto jackpot prize of $8.4 million after purchasing a $40 quick pick play valid for 8 draws. Whilst choosing to remain private they describe themselves as “an ordinary working couple who rent their home and now will take the opportunity to purchase their dream house!”

California Lottery: Xue Lee, from Fresno has been declared the lucky winner of $6.5 million from a $10 California lucky life ticket. He will be receiving this as a one off lump sum of $3.75 million! He now plans on splitting the money for various different things, investments, a new house and perhaps a holiday to Hawaii with his girlfriend! $750,000 winner proves himself to be a lucky charm: When you think about one word which describes winners of the lottery, the word “lucky” usually springs to mind. However, when it comes to  Brandon Parker, 23 when he was announced as the winner of $750,000 on the new California Lottery 30th anniversary scratchers ticket, his family said “you say ‘lucky’, I say ‘we’re blessed,”.

Powerball: Julie Leach, 50, from Michigan discovered she was the winner of the $310 Powerball jackpot whilst sitting at a McDonald’s drive-thru on her lunch break. The winning numbers were 21, 39, 40, 55, and 59, and lastly the Powerball number 17. After working at a fiberglass company for 23 years the first thing she did was quit her job, after verifying she had actually won with the help of her co-workers. Ontario Lotto Max: A group of co-workers who have been playing the lottery for eight years have struck luck after discovering they were the big winners of the $60 million jackpot. Everyone was shocked, and there was a lot of excitement going around. Yet they don’t plan on retiring and plan on spending the cash on travel and experience for the major part!