It started out as a stop off at the convenience store to buy snuff.

But the scratch off ticket that tempted Penelope Henritze while she was there changed their life a whole lot more than they ever imagined.

Barry and Roberta Little from Dumfries have joined the list of £1 Million winners in the UK’s New Year special EuroMillions draw.

And the win could not have arrived at a better time.

If you checked your tickets online for Washington Lottery’s Veteran’s Raffle – make sure you check them again now!

Unfortunately somebody messed up at lottery HQ and published the wrong winning numbers on their website!

The house painter in his 40’s didn’t have a car, so had to borrow one from a friend to be able to drive himself to the lottery headquarters in Topeka to claim his prize.

Sherry Miller is the latest winner to come forward to claim her Powerball winnings.

Using the Power Play option Sherry doubled the usual $1 Million win for matching the 5 main balls up to a much nicer $2 Million.

If you bought a UK Lotto ticket in Bristol for the Wednesday draw on December 12th – make sure you check your ticket now.

The winner has still not come forward and there is a jackpot of £1,050,547 waiting for them.

I know we urge players to always check their lottery tickets – preferable twice using different sources. Just to be safe.

But there’s another side to being safe too.

It was a brief stop for Larry King from Canton at his local Washington Street 7-Eleven.

But it turned out to be a great start to his New Year.

Bulgaria’s largest ever lottery jackpot has been won by 2 ticket holders.

The jackpot of BGN 9.5M, about US$6.3M, was a record for the Toto 2 – a popular 6 from 49 game in Bulgaria.

Linda Metzger normally buys a $20 scratch off ticket, but when her husband Larry arrived at the store he discovered they had sold out of her favourite ticket.