A woman from Lauderhill has gone from living a relatively ordinary life to being a millionaire many times over.  Orencia Barzey has claimed an $80 million jackpot from Saturday’s draw of the Powerball Lottery.

Chase Knapp of Downers Grove was on an errand for his fiancee when he decided to buy lottery tickets.  His errand took him to three different stores and he bought a ticket from each one.

After marriage, many people work extra hard to earn the life they dream of; not so for newlywed couple Stacy and David Foster. And it was as if good fortune did its best to pursue them.

This is a week when people had an easy time winning jackpots.  A Modesto mom was led to a winning ticket by the need to pee, a Virginia man’s life changed when he decided to buy a lottery ticket while on a coffee break, and a closed ticket dispenser led another woman to her own winning entry. 

For many of us winning the lottery means being able to buy what we need.  In the case of pensioner Jane Lewis who has just won a £4.3million jackpot, what she needed was a new pair of slippers – and that is exactly what she ‘splurged’ on.

In gift giving it is always said that it’s the thought that counts.  But after receiving a lottery ticket for Father’s Day, truck driver Joseph Morrah has a lot more blessings to count – a million of them to be exact!

When someone wins the lottery, people often say fortune smiled.   This time upon learning she had won a $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize, Fortune screamed – Helen Fortune that is. 

Two years ago five workers at the Snack Shack in Kentville, N.S. won a life changing amount from the Atlantic Lottery.  They shared a check worth more than $15 million that day! 

A couple from  Gwendraeth Valley has hit it big in the Euromillions Lottery, and they did not even have to join a queue to purchase their entry.