His fiancee gave a man from Poughkeepsie a 20X Cash scratch-off ticket.  That gift has turned out to be a very valuable pre-wedding present, as the ticket has won $1 million in total payments over the next twenty years.

They say that lightning does not strike the same place twice; not so for the lotto.  New York registered two separate winning lotto tickets recently.

In the first win, a 55 year old woman from Middleport won $1 million playing Mega Millions in December 2012.

A quilters’ group composed of 17 women who have contributed $2 each week for almost eight years have finally received a hefty return on their investment.

When dog Stella inadvertently locked his owner out of his truck, it forced Steve Hughes to find better use of his time by buying a lottery ticket at the gas station in Idaho.

Dave And Nancy Honeywell from Fredericksburg, Virginia are hundreds of millions richer after correctly betting on the five digit jackpot and the single digit Powerball number.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Turner has asked Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett to withdraw a contract signed for UK firm Camelot to manage the Penn State Lottery.

Life literally changed in an instant, for a 50 year old nurse in Augusta Georgia.

That instant came after she bought a scratch card type lotto entry from a local food store, went home and scratched the ticket.  

Life is about to change in a big way for Gordon and Betty Collins.  They have just won $30M through an Instapick ticket that Gordon bought from a Lawson’s Drug Store.

James Mason only stopped off for milk, but is now Set For Life having claimed a $5 Million win on the New York Lotto.

Here’s James story:-

His wife didn’t believe he had won – she was too busy watching The Batchelor on TV.

It pretty common for lottery winners to go on buying tickets. Sometimes out of habit, but often simply because we buy tickets because we enjoy playing.