A Connecticut Lottery player from Maine won a jackpot prize thanks to her father, according to Connecticut Lottery. Abby Biddeford won $50,000 from playing $50,000 Ca$hword after her father gave her the ticket because the scratch-off lottery game "took too long to play," according to Connecticut Lottery's winners page.

Someone in Massachusetts won $100,000 on Friday from a winning lottery ticket they bought at a shop called "Winner's Corner," located in this town.

Lottery officials said that two lottery players from Illinois are now millionaires after winning Wednesday's Powerball jackpot.

The big winner comes two weeks after a $3 million scratch-off in The Hunt for $3,000,000 game was sold in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County. That is also a $30 scratch-off game with a top prize of $3 million. In April, a $3 million scratch-off in the $3,000,000 Golden Ticket game was sold in Harrisburg.

A lottery player “didn’t feel all that lucky” — then he won a huge prize. “ Life has changed ,” the winner told the South Carolina Education Lottery in a July 10 news release. “I’m trying to stay calm.”

A winning $1 million Lotto ticket was sold at a southwest suburban gas station this week. The ticket was sold at the Citgo gas station located at 8755 W. 79th Street in Justice, Illinois. The winning ticket matched all six Lotto Million 1 numbers in Thursday's drawing: 5, 11, 16, 23, 25, and 39.

After a Maryland woman scanned her lottery tickets, she couldn’t sleep — but for a good reason. The human resources specialist was on her lunch break July 7 and stopped by a Baltimore convenience store, where she bought some lottery tickets per the suggestion of a friend, Maryland Lottery officials said in a July 11 news release.

The Michigan Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 12, 2025, results for each game: Winning Daily 3 numbers from July 12 drawing Midday: 7-0-0Start the day smarter.