A Massachusetts lottery player won $1 million a year for life prize on a $50 scratch ticket that was bought in Springfield.

A lottery grant of £490,000 will help a city improve access to green spaces, the local council says. Sunderland is among 40 areas nationally awarded money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Nature Towns and Cities Programme.

A stop for something to drink proved lucrative for a South Carolina lottery player. In the “spur of the moment,” the thirsty man bought a $10 Money Madness Extra Play scratch-off game and a drink at the Countryside Easy Mart in Seneca, according to a July 18 news release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

“At the time, I never thought I’d win another top prize,” he told lottery officials. “Years later, I’m back again.” The man bought his most recent top-prize ticket at a gas station in Clements, according to lottery officials. He first grabbed some scratch-offs for $1 each, winning $20.

Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg, Massachusetts took home $2 million after accidentally purchasing an extra Powerball ticket last week.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is an estimated $288 million for the drawing on Saturday, July 19, 2025, the top lottery prize this weekend. Saturday’s Classic Lotto jackpot is $5.4 million. The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday, July 18 is $100 million.

Winning the lottery can send your heart racing, so John Watson may have gotten lucky twice when he won after having heart surgery. Watson took a chance on the 5 Times Lucky game that launched July 1, and he became the first person to win its top prize, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

With her winnings, the lucky winner plans to start college funds for her grandchildren, make home repairs and take her family to Disney.

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.

An Arkansas man scored a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off ticket less than a month after winning the same amount of money from the same lottery game.