Olive Scott, 66, from Kirkton, won £50,000 from the National Lottery after her ticket matched five numbers and the bonus ball in Saturday’s draw.  But in the beginning she was excited she thought she had won £53; she only learned she had won much more when her won went to a local store to claim the winnings and was advised to go straight to the lottery offices.

This is bound to be welcome news for lottery players.  In the last Euromillions draw, which offered a jackpot of £141 million, eight bettors were able to match five numbers and one lucky star and eighteen others were able to match only the five numbers; no  ticket matched all five numbers and two lucky stars.

Louis Gardner, who had been living with his partner for the past fifteen years bought a 4th of July Millionaire Raffle ticket, because his wife told him about it.  

A caregiver has been accused of larceny after allegations were made that she stole and cashed a winning lottery ticket that belongs to an 80-year old client.

Kentville restaurant owner’s wife Wafaa Toulany and four restaurant workers received a huge $15.2 million “tip” from the lottery.  The lottery syndicate of five, who have been playing the lottery for the past eight years, finally won big.

Loran Kramer, has been playing the lottery ever since he moved to Kimball in 1974.  He even recalls winning $100,000 from the lottery once.

Last week, Kramer topped that, when the ticket he bought matched the first five white numbers drawn in Nebraska Lottery’s semi-weekly draw Tuesday night. 

While most of us still dream of having our first big lottery win, a Virginia Beach couple has done that multiple times.  They have won $100,000 from Cash 5 in September 2006 and another $200,000 from a single draw in October 2011.

June 11, 2013 is a date that Michael Yun will remember for a long time.  That day he won a seat in the City Council, and his store, the Garden State News on Central Avenue, sold a ticket that won a million dollars from the lottery. 

Most people go through life without ever winning a big jackpot from the lottery; with odds of winning a jackpot slim at best, that is understandable. 

Gastonia fireman Glenn Mace has recently won one of the biggest Carolina Cash 5 jackpots N.C. Education Lottery history, after a $1 ticket he bought at Mountain Stop on Archie Whitesides Road managed to match all five numbers drawn in Thursdays drawing.