Marie Baio invested $100 in five scratch tickets hoping to win just enough to help finance her son’s wedding.  When that yielded a measly $20, she used that to buy another.

Lottery officials have named John and Lisa Robinson as one of three winners of the huge powerball jackpot of $1.586 billion.  The couple came to the Lottery headquarters Friday to claim their prize.

Ireland’s National Lottery reported that its website and its ticket machines came under a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which caused ticket sales to be halted for 2 hours. 

There are stories of incredible luck this week including those of a man who has won thousands three times, and one of a teen who wins $2 million on his first lottery ticket.

People who win incredibly large amounts of money are considered very lucky; so are those who win large prizes more than once, usually twice.  Mike Ducker must be very lucky because he has won thousands three times.

A 22-year old single mom hit it big with a £2 scratch card; Lizzie Harris has won £250,000.

Now the happy mother looks forward to buying her very own home, and to spoil her baby with her new found wealth. 

A 59-year old cleaner won £300,000 off a scratcher ticket she bought from a Co-Op store in Amble.  Though she was in dire financial straits before her win, she has already decided to donate £5,000 to help the Amble station of the RNLI purchase a new boat.

A big lottery win was just what a family from Co Cork needed badly; they were down to €30 and were worried how they would survive the following week. 

A retiree just won a million dollars off the Powerball lottery while on a visit to Santa Cruz when the record $1.5 billion jackpot drew him towards buying an entry.