A Georgia woman got a gift from her father worth more than $1 million, but it wasn't a house or an inheritance. Instead, it was a lottery ticket.

The retiree has been playing games for more than two decades, and stopped by a Baltimore store to pick up her weekly games before going home to eat dinner, according to a June 10 news release by the Maryland Lottery.

The California couple bought lottery tickets to break a $100 bill with plans to pay for pizza but the impulsive lotto game turned into a life-changing purchase

A man who consistently uses the same numbers in the North Carolina Education Lottery has finally seen his dedication pay off big time. On Thursday, June 5, the Carolina Cash 5 drawing’s winning numbers were 5, 12, 19, 27 and 35, and that seemingly random set of digits made Antoine Williams a top-prize winner.

The ticket and another one worth $50,000 will expire if they’re not claimed before the end of the month, lottery officials said.

Three scratch-off lottery tickets worth at least $1 million were sold in New Jersey in the past week, including one valued at $5 million. A player in Union County won the biggest prize after spending $30 on a $5,000,000 Fortune ticket at a 7-Eleven on Liberty Avenue in Hillside, lottery officials said.

Most of the Michigan Lottery prizes worth $100,000 won or claimed in May came from Fantasy 5 wins, but the two biggest wins were on instant ticket games. Of the 12 prizes worth $100,000 claimed or won in May, eight were won playing Fantasy 5, according to the Michigan Lottery.

The Minnesota State Lottery says there was a winning ticket in Wednesday night's Gopher 5 lottery. The ticket worth $1,161,960 was sold at Petry's Bait Company in Finlayson. The numbers drawn were 6, 28, 29, 37, 40.