€16 million (US$17.5 million) of the lottery winnings stayed unclaimed in Ireland for a while. The largest unattended lottery winning on record was for a €4.3 million lottery jackpot, dating back to 2001. The lottery ticket was purchased in Coolock in Dublin, and despite all efforts to find the lottery winner, no one stepped forward. A more recent winning worth just under €3 million that was purchased in Mayo in 2014 was unclaimed as well.

A 61-year-old Ocala resident has finally come forward to receive her multi-million lottery winning. A managing member of Vacation Life LLC, Sheryll Goedert turned up at Florida Lottery headquarters to claim $396.9 million jackpot. The original POWERBALL® drawing that made Sheryll a multi-millionaire was held on January 29, 2020.

A Missouri resident who won $50,000 back in 2002 came back to the lottery officials 18 years later to collect a whopping $3 million lottery jackpot.

Anne Kasal explained to the Missouri Lottery officials that she purchased her Lotto ticket for the March 11 drawing at the local Schnucks Market at 5055 Arsenal St. in St. Louis.

Her lottery ticket had all six winning numbers of 11, 16, 23, 26, 31, and 38.

A British woman who bought a farm in England thanks to her lottery prize gave free potatoes to families affected by a coronavirus.

A 51-year-old Susan Herdman relocated to the farmhouse after hitting the big one in the National Lottery in 2010. After the Covid-19 outbreak, she started sharing her own, home-grown potatoes. She shared a post in a Facebook group after locals started stockpiling food following the coronavirus outbreak. Local Council member for Boroughbridge, Robert Windass highly praised Susan Herdman for her community contributions. He said that it was very generous of her to help the community so much in uncertain times. It also helped to show that there was plenty of food around.

How would it feel to check your lottery ticket while on a break at work and discover you have won not thousands of dollars, not even a million dollars, but $2 million? If you said it would feel great, you would find that Susan Hook and Martha McCallum agree with you. The two women have maintained a friendship for more than 50 years and recently became millionaires thanks to a BC/49 lottery ticket they purchased together. As McCallum explained, she was on her coffee break when she checked the ticket. Her first reaction was to question why the number had “all the zeros.” Of course, she told her friend about the win that changed their lives.

You might have a difficult time convincing these two Michigan friends to adopt the attitude many people have about buying lottery tickets. You see, some individuals give up completely and don’t buy tickets because they believe the odds of winning are just not that good. Sometimes it seems frustration is the only result when playing the lottery. Two friends in Michigan proved this wrong, at least for them. They made the decision to share the cost of a lottery ticket, hoping it would improve their chances of winning. As it turns out, they were correct. Dillan Dybilas, 20, who is from Ubly, and Robert Sopsich, 30, from Hartland, bought a $20 Millionaire Maker ticket together, deciding they would split the amount they won. 

Peter Beckage, 85, has shown true selflessness after donating his winnings to his granddaughter following a $25,000 a year for life prize. Beckage, purchased his North Carolina Lottery ticket from Carlton’s Hampton Road Grocery which is located in Clemmons after enjoying a Palm Sunday breakfast of pancakes with his grand-daughter Kelly Thomas, who is 22 years old. He recently moved in with his daughter to be close with the family and regularly plays the lottery game. The following evening, he stayed awake to watch the drawing, and saw that he got all five numbers– which he couldn’t believe and found it impossible to go back to sleep for obvious reasons. Beckage explained that he’s decided to give the money to his grand-daughter who will soon begin studying at UNC-Wilmington because he says he’s always known that if he ever did win that he would share it and therefore he is very happy to be able to give this gift to her.