Vernon Lee won $1 million with a ticket he bought at a Publix in Orlando for the $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular game, the Florida Lottery announced March 14. The Orange County man’s lucky ticket came from the Publix Super Market at the Shoppes at Storey Park, which will receive $2,000 for selling it, lottery officials said.

The lucky lottery player said she stared at the winning ticket in disbelief, according to Virginia lottery officials.

After Jesus Perez bought his $10 LOTERIA Grande ticket at a San Jose gas station, he scratched it while he sat in his car “hoping for a miracle,” California Lottery officials said in a March 13 news release. Luck, though, wasn’t in his favor — or so he thought.

A woman gave her brother some money to buy a lottery ticket for her, and it turned out to be a winner. A LOTERIA™ GRANDE Scratcher that cost $10 ended up with a $1 million prize. But the woman didn't know she was a winner until her brother called her last year.

An Estill County woman found her winning lottery ticket in the trash, according to Kentucky Lottery officials.

Rhiannon Saegert is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter covering the midwest from Southern Nevada. She’s an alumna of The University of North Texas, and has written for local newspapers like Waco Tribune-Herald and the Las Vegas Sun as well as Eater and other online publications.

Two Central Floridians are millionaires after each winning a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.

ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (WBKO) - An Estill County woman doubled her winnings after adding Power Play to her Powerball ticket. Later, she realized she had thrown the winning ticket away in her trash only to find out it was worth $100,000.

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