Life sure has its ups and downs.  Jimmy Santos and his wife had shifted from Florida where they had a rough time of it.  To  make matters worse his wife had to apply for a job with a restaurant and betting station, even if she still had to learn the ropes, just to keep them afloat.

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Engaged couple Kelly O’Rear and Charles “Bubba” Sells bought a very lucky a Tennessee Lottery Black instant game ticket at the Sunshine Food Mart on Rossville Boulevard, after winning $100 on other lottery tickets three times.

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In a story that sounds like fiction, Charles Sells and his fiancée followed their streak of luck to a million dollar payoff from the Tennessee Lottery.

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A $10 Mega Cash instant ticket Mary Michaud bought from McLean BP Gas station won $2 million in the lottery.  Apparently Mary regularly buys $40 worth of tickets at the same place every two weeks.

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When homeless man Dennis Mahurin won $50,000 from a $1 scratch-off ticket, he almost keeled over in excitement.  Now other homeless people who live in Bloomington, Illinois have reason to celebrate:  Dennis plans to keep living in a tent with them and share some of his winnings.

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Richard Kenyon of Round Lake Park, Illinois had bought a $20 scratch-off ticket in December, hoping to win the million-dollar jackpot in time for the holidays. 

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Alice Griffin had to be convinced a her sister to play the lottery.  She plays only occasionally and wins occasionally as well.  After winning $5,000 on a scratch-off ticket just last year, she has again won, a million dollars this time, from a $10 Cash Spectacular scratch ticket she decided to buy while out running errands.

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A Pittsfield woman , who regularly placed lottery bets, finally beat the 1 in 3 million odds when a $5 lottery ticket “Black Pearls” instant scratch ticket she bought from a gas station in Lanesborough resulted won a $1 million jackpot.

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Peter King of Kennebunk, Maine, won a million dollars from the Maine Millionaire II game on Monday but had to wait out a severe snowstorm before he could show up to collect his winnings.

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59-year-old Son Van Duong of Orlando, attracted by the $290 million in cash prizes offered by the  25th Anniversary Edition Millionaire Scratch-Off game of the Florida lottery, bought a ticket.

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