South Carolina Education Lottery officials said a person who bought a scratch-off ticket had a thought before revealing the game’s results — “let it be the big one.” That’s exactly what the player ...

Stanley Dawson said he “cried tears of joy,” when he realized he won a $431,457 jackpot prize in the Castle of Crystals game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 22 news release. Dawson’s wife ...

A lucky Virginia ... to the lottery. The Marvelous Money game began in August, and tickets cost between 50 cents and $50, according to the website. The overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.72 ...

A Virginia man won a life-changing jackpot prize while playing online lottery games after work, lottery officials said. Keith Girard, who works in finance, had just gotten home when he won about $ ...

A South Carolina woman was waiting for halftime to end while watching football when she won a $200,000 top prize in a scratch-off lottery game ... the 1-in-660,000 odds of winning one of four ...