Sometimes it pays to give in to the impulse to play the lottery –  Shirley Robinson of Wellington can attest to that!

Robinson had gone into the Right Way Food Store in Orlando and bought a Monopoly Florida lottery instant ticket, even though she really had no intention of doing so. 

A Canberra woman almost lost out on a big payday – good thing her brother, a regular lotto player, advised her to buy tickets as the rollover prize has become huge.

A grandmother from Canton dared to dream of being set for life, so she bought a $2 Lucky For Life lotto ticket.  Brenda McCannon, however did not win the game’s top prize but she still walks away far richer after bagging the second prize of $25,000 a year for life!

People have different reactions to winning big.  An Oakland County man who has asked to remain unidentified scratched his “$100,000,000 Diamonds” instant ticket at the gas station, and immediately went into shock. 

A South African public servant kept playing the lottery over his wife’s objections.  After fifteen years of play, his persistence was finally rewarded.

The unnamed man bought a R20 Powerball ticket and won a jackpot of R87 million. 

A family from Hamilton County have come forward as the winners of a $536 million Mega Millions jackpot.

The winners have, however, requested that their privacy be respected, apparently due to security concerns especially for their children. 

An Edmonton woman, who immigrated from Poland in 1981 has just struck it rich – very rich.

Bogumila Mroczkowski won  a jackpot prize of $20.9million from a Lotto 6/49 draw in April. 

This is one winner who knows and goes after what really makes him happy!

Brian Caswell, who won a £25m Euromillions lottery jackpot in 2009 had always been fond of growing his own produce.