They say if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is what has made an Ashburn man an instant millionaire!

When Srinivas Kalla went out to take his child to dance lessons he passed by a grocery store and bought some lottery tickets, none of which won any prize.

Most of us are familiar with the term “beginner’s luck” but one Chicago woman took the luck part to a whole new level. La Ongkwan Pinyapap won a top lottery prize on the very first lottery ticket she has ever bought!

A mum from Dundee carried a million pound winning ticket in her bag for days before she even remembered to check. And in Canada, a retired trucker must have set a record of sorts when he won two significant lottery prizes in the space of one month.

Earlier this year, a woman friends described as someone who could use a break got one from the lottery. Back in February Bev Doran won a huge  £14.5 million lottery jackpot and promptly stated that it will not change her.

Sometimes playing the lottery is like putting in money on a retirement plan. At least that’s how it worked out for a Brighton man.

David Fisher says he has been playing the same number combination on the Fantasy 5 lottery game for years.

It’s a good thing that a retired teacher didn’t give his ticket away when he thought he had won a pint of milk. Bill Bett saw ‘1 MIL’ on his Monopoly Game scratchcard and mistakenly thought it meant a pint of milk.

A big family composed of immigrants from Vietnam and Laos was having a barbecue when they decided to pool their money to buy a lottery ticket for that night’s Cash 5 lottery draw.

Imagine the moment a man who’s down on his luck receives word he’s about to receive a million dollar bonus from the lottery. View the emotional moment here.

A visit to a National Lottery GameStore proved lucky for an Ayrshire construction worker. David Abercrombie won a £300,000 prize on a Lucky Lines scratch card.

When you hear the phrase “Some people have all the luck” they must be referring to Cliff Reynolds and there must not be many more like him.