Ron and Donna Ritchie of Vernon won a million dollar Maxmillion Prize from the March 7 draw.  The couple discovered their good fortune on a trip to check lottery results and buy groceries. 

A charity named HenPower fights loneliness among old people by giving them hens to raise.  The charity received a big boost recently after winning a £1million grant from the National lottery over 1,300 other candidates.

Long time friends Donald Tkachuk and Roby Sharpe have shared a lot of experiences over many years.  Now they can add sharing a $1 million lottery jackpot to the list.

Bondurant, Iowa is home to only 4,000 residents.  As such, the town 14 miles northeast of Des Moines does not even have its own grocery store. 

His girlfriend, who plays the lottery a lot, convinced a man from Chesterfield, Virginia to play the lottery.  The man obliges and buys a Mega Millions Ticket. 

There is a convenient new way to purchase lottery tickets in St. Louis, Missouri.  Welch ATM’s has partnered with the Missouri Lottery to offer quick pick purchases for Powerball and Mega Millions games at fifty ATM’s at St.

Here one for those who doubt that the oft-repeated phrase “in danger lies opportunity.” A restaurant server from Queen Anne’s  County decided to buy gas in advance of a pending snow storm. 

Can fortune cookies really lead to a fortune?  Emma Duvoll of New York thinks so.  She tried using numbers she found in a fortune cookie on a lottery ticket and won a $2 million Powerball prize. 

Interesting lottery stories this week include a Vietnamese man whose generosity led him to more wealth, a popsicle run that paid a cool jackpot, and a husband’s hunch that paid off with a lottery win.

Patrick Maki of Lindenhurst always believed that he would win the lottery and told his family as much.  That remained in his mind as he bought a quick pick Hit or Miss ticket for the Feb.