A Missouri lottery player was surprised to see an “instant win symbol” when she scratched off her ticket, but she was later shocked to learn the total amount of her prize. “I thought, ‘OK, I won $5,’” the player recalled after revealing the first “instant win symbol,” she told Missouri lottery officials, according to a Jan. 29 news release.

The winning numbers: 9-12-15-28-36. The winner hit the jackpot in St. Cloud, a roughly 30-mile drive south from Orlando. The lucky ticket was sold at a store called A Discount Beverage, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Christmas arrived a month late for a lottery player in Cincinnati. Someone won $10 million in the Ohio Lottery's scratch-off game, Extreme Millions. The winning ticket was purchased at Dent Shell, located at 6008 Harrison Ave.

Someone won $50,000 playing Mega Millions after matching four numbers and the Mega Ball in the Jan. 28 drawing, just missing the estimated $44 million jackpot, the Georgia Lottery said. The winning ticket was sold at a Kroger fuel station in Tucker, according to lottery officials.

I went running to tell my husband and when I got to him, he thought something was wrong,” the woman told Michigan lottery officials.

A player in Johns Creek won $163,145 in the $25 and $50 Frenzy Quick Win Game, netting 50% of the rolling progressive jackpot, the Georgia Lottery said. The winning ticket was purchased at the Nesbit Ferry Food Mart in Johns Creek, about a 30-mile drive northeast from downtown Atlanta, according to the lottery.

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Two Florida Lottery players hit the jackpot after trying their luck in a Fantasy 5 drawing, officials said. A Florida lottery player tried their luck playing Fantasy 5 — and scored a jackpot prize. The player won $110,