Two South Shore women recently had a scratch of good luck, claiming $1 million prizes on Massachusetts State Lottery instant tickets.

Her “good luck charm status” came from a previous $5,000 prize she won on a scratch-off ticket she purchased at the same store, lottery officials said.

A lucky person in Ohio could be holding a lottery ticket worth $25,000 a year for life, or a one-time payment of $390,000, and not even know it yet!

A Scratchers game ticket worth $7,000,000 million was sold at Carbaugh's Market on North A Street in Lompoc.

After he worked his way through the first of the puzzles, “he thought his luck had run out,” according to lottery officials, but then “he reached the bottom of the ticket.” ...

A California man thought he won $2,000 on a scratch-off ticket but discovered he won much more after counting the zeros on his ticket, lottery officials said.

An unclaimed $1 million Idaho lottery ticket sold in Star, Ada County, expires June 30. Lottery players have 180 days to claim their prizes from the draw date.

Well, big is relative, isn’t it? A shop that sells a winning ticket does indeed get a cash bonus from the National Lottery, with the amount depending on the nature of the winning ticket.

A retired California veteran won $1 million from a lottery ticket bought to break a bill for a pizza tip. (Getty) ...

An Arkansas man is now $250,000 richer after claiming his lottery ticket prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center.

“On a whim,” he bought some lottery tickets, including a Powerball ticket, lottery officials said. The forgotten tickets sat in his car for more than a week, lottery officials said.

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