Patricia, and Frank Raffa can’t believe the chance they’ve been given to rebuild their lives after finding out they’ve won $325,000 with the North Carolina lottery. Raffa purchased a $1 Cash 5 ticket from the Energy Mart store which is located on long Shoals Road in Arden, and explained how the couple have always used their own numbers over Quick Pick, two of the numbers were 3 and 17 which relates to Patricia’s birthday who was born on St. Patrick’s Day – and you know what they say about the luck of the Irish! First checking the ticket over a coffee, they didn’t realise they’d won – they saw that someone had hit the jackpot, and Frank thought whoever it was, was very lucky, and then it dawned on him that it was them who won! 

Ralph Irby, from Chesapeake in Virginia state was at home, tending to his bad foot when he decided to scratch off the Super Crossword ticket that he had bought from a 7-Eleven located at 1268 Cedar Road. To his surprise, he saw that he had won the top prize of $100,000 and immediately began dancing on one foot – the good foot obviously! Also, Kristen Fritschie, from Hallsville says she plays the lottery every so often as she usually receives tickets as gifts on occasions like her birthday or for Christmas. However, this time – the lottery ticket purchase was her own doing as she purchased a few on impulse for the Double Match scratchers game..

Will Crisp, from Marshall in Missouri was travelling to see the races, when he decided to do a pit-stop at the Pop Shop which is located at 470 N. Miami Ave to grab some drinks. Whilst there, he made the spontaneous decision to buy not one, not two but four Show Me Cash scratch-off tickets – he must have felt that the universe was on his side that day! Crisp didn’t check the tickets then, but stowed them away in his truck and carried on the rest of his journey. It wasn’t until a few days following the trip, that Crisp was in the car with his wife (who was driving) and checked the numbers, that’s when he saw $79,000 flash up on his screen! “I think I just won $79,000” he said, but funnily enough his wife thought he was joking with her until he showed her the screen..

Robert Beck, from Jefferson City has made his wife well up with emotion after FINALLY disclosing to her that they had won a $352,000 prize! Beck, is a big fan of the Show Me Cash game and has developed a habit of calling up the lottery’s hotline in order to check if he’s won anything – however this time, after purchasing a ticket from Stadium Phillips which is located at 66, 718 Stadium Boulevard, they delivered news to him that he was not expecting, that he had won hundreds of thousands of dollars. He was so shocked that he went on his laptop to check they hadn’t messed up, but the matching numbers were in front of his screen: 2, 6, 12, 18 and 22, making him so happy..

Keith Wurtz, and his wife Karman have been filled with laughter following the revelation that they had won over $100,000 with the Missouri Lottery. Wurtz, purchased the Cash Craze ticket from Fuel Expresso which is located at 1317 SW Market Street, in Lee Summit after the clerk working at the gas station asked if he wanted to play! So, he walked away with 4 tickets, costing $10 total. At home he scratched the first two to find they were worthless, but he didn’t lose hope as he had faith that at some point surely his luck was going to change? He was right, when he scratched the rest he saw that he had won two lots of $5,000, however that wasn’t all – as he kept scratching, more and more prizes were uncovered on the ticket’s which accumulated to $100,000! 

Anthony Vottero, a retired veteran from Indianapolis had a very different attitude from many when finding out that he had won $900,000 with the Hoosier Lottery. A lot of people who win, may start planning all of the material things that they are going to buy for themselves e.g. a new car or a boat, but not Anthony. Anthony purchased his ticket from the Meijer C-Stop which is located at 6060 U.S. Highway 6 in Portage, and explained that he buys tickets every so often, this time he went to his truck and started scratching it off to see many zeros in front of him. “This can’t be real” he thought to himself before going back into the store to get a worker to double-check the ticket, who said “Please don’t have a heart attack” before handing it over, confirming the $900,000 win...

Fred Bastardo, from Kings County has been making some huge life decisions since finding out that he had won $750,000 with the California Lottery. Bastardo, must have been feeling both stubborn and determined when he decided to go into El Ranchero Liquor which is located at 11998 South 10th Avenue in Hanford- Kings County as he purchased ticket, after ticket when finding the ticket wasn’t a winner, this went on until he was on the fifth ticket and said “Ok, if I don’t win I’m done”, but 5th time lucky he found himself as the $10 Mystery Crossword Scratchers was worth a huge $750,000! He told his girlfriend right away, and the same day they went in to the California Lottery’s Fresno headquarters to claim their winnings...