The young winner was very happy with the birthday present from her Grandmother this year.

Not only was it the first lottery ticket she had ever bought, owned or been given – it also turned out to be a winner worth $1.25 Million.

Noel Peel from Seymour county in Connecticut rarely ever plays the lottery.

But he saw the lottery machine gently beckoning him while he was waiting in line for his daily bacon sandwich.

Most of us would consider it a bad day if we realised we’d dropped a £5 note.

So we can only begin to imagine how disappointing it would be to learn we’d lost £1 Million.

These stories always make nice filler material in a newspaper. But they are never accompanied by any comment or opinion from the reporter.

Can you really win by dreaming about lottery numbers?

The 20 members of the Quaker Oats lottery syndicate that won the $241 Million Powerball jackpot has been revealed.

They originally resisted publicity, and it was thought they were going to seek a legal injunction to prevent their names being released.

Dana screamed in the car, and her mum and aunt thought she had gone into labour.

But instead 7 month pregnant, single mum, Dana had just scratched off a lottery ticket.

Time is fast running out for a mystery millionaire in Leicester, UK.

The unknown ticket holder won £1 Million in the EuroMillions ‘Millionaire Raffle’ game drawn on the 10th January 2012.

Terry says he had been shaking like a leaf from the moment he found out he was $16 Million better off.

He says a few beers were required just to help calm himself down.

So far the identities of the $241 Million Powerball winning Quaker Oats workers have been kept secret.

But officials have now said their identities could be revealed as soon as this Friday.

His son was pretty happy after winning just $1,000 with a scratch-off ticket on Friday.

But then the man from Cranston checked his Wild Money ticket on Saturday night to find he had just scooped the jackpot.