Turns out, the teacher won “much more than some gas money,” lottery officials said. After scratching two tickets, the teacher scratched a third: a $10 The Shore Thing ticket, lottery officials said. The player soon learned they had won the game’s top prize of $500,000.

Chris (no last name provided) bought a $5 Gold Rush scratch ticket at Keith’s Superstore in Gautier. “This can’t be right,” he said after scratching the ticket and realizing he won six figures. With his $5 investment, he won the top prize of $100,000.

When I looked my ticket over again and saw I really was the big winner, I couldn’t help but cry!” the Michigan lottery player said.

Are you kidding me?” one of the lucky players said when she saw she was a winner, according to Maryland Lottery officials.

A lottery player in Massachusetts claimed a $500,000 prize on Tuesday from a winning ticket they bought for $5. The prize was from “ $500,000 Cashword Corners ,” a $5 scratch ticket game released in January 2023. There’s just one $500,000 grand prize remaining to be claimed as of July 16.

A Lucky for Life $25,000 a Year For Life prize was drawn Tuesday, July 15, according to the CT Lottery. The winning ticket was sold at J & R Shelter Rock Road LLC on 2 Old Shelter Rock Rd in Danbury, according to the CT Lottery’s website. The winning numbers are 21 – 25 – 26 – 39 – 48 LB-2, according to their website.

A lottery player won big after changing up her routine, Maryland officials said. On July 3, the woman from Essex decided to add “a few extra combinations to her regular Bonus Match 5 bet” and had no idea the split decision would land her $50,000, according to a July 15 news release by the Maryland Lottery.

A NC Lottery player purchased a Cash 5 ticket from Speedway on Dickinson Avenue in Greenville and won a $439,226 jackpot yesterday! Congrats to the winner, and remember to check your numbers! pic.twitter.com/5lA5J9x4ve

A North Carolina man felt called to buy a lottery ticket last week and his intuition paid off in the form of a $1 million prize — of course, after taxes, that's not exactly how much he ended up taking home.

As the lottery player started to believe her big win, her husband was initially skeptical. “When he asked how big, I told him: ‘I think I just won $1 million,’” she told lottery officials. “He didn’t believe me until he looked the ticket over himself.” The couple invited their children over and shared the good news.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Lottery Department will announce the Karunya Plus KN 581 results on Thursday (July 17) at 3 pm. The draw will take place at Gorky Bhavan, Near Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram. The first prize is worth ₹1 crore, while the second and third are of ₹30 lakhs and ₹5 lakhs respectively. The consolation prize is ₹5,000.