A woman in southeastern North Carolina beat odds of 1 in 1,354,380 to be the first jackpot winner in the aptly named $1,000,000 Money Rush game. Barbara Jenkins, of Richlands, paid $10 for the scratch-off ticket, which means she got a $100,000 return for every buck she spent.

Leon purchased the $10 ticket at PJ Express #1 in Blytheville. He bought the ticket after some encouragement from his wife who “had a good feeling” about their chances. To his shock, he won one of the game’s top prizes of $200,000. His wife said she was “stunned” and speechless.

Two lottery players tried their luck at Fantasy 5 — and won the jackpot prize, according to the Georgia Lottery. The lucky players matched all five numbers drawn Monday, Jan. 20, to win $403,502 each, the lottery said.

NC Education Lottery photo Lottery players have their favorite games, but occasionally desperate alternative choices must be made. That happened to Randy Suthard of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and it actually proved to be lucky.

Better odds and bigger jackpots. The California Lottery Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on changing the way the Mega Millions game is played.

The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket — worth $32,512 — was sold for the Jan. 23 TAKE 5 evening drawing. It was sold at Buy-Rite Pharmacy, located at 11 Chatham Square, in Manhattan. The winning numbers are: 3, 9, 11, 18, and 35.

A Durham man just won big for a second time in the North Carolina lottery, and both victories were in the Cash 5 game. That means Andrew Stock has twice beaten odds of 1 in 962,598. His latest prize was $120,000 in the Jan. 10 drawing, the N.C. Education Lottery said in a Jan. 22 news release.

An Arizona resident won a $112 million Mega Millions jackpot through a ticket purchased on the Jackpocket app, marking the largest win in the history of the app.

A Florida Lottery player hit the jackpot in the latest Fantasy 5 drawing, results show. A Fantasy 5 player netted a life-changing lottery prize in Florida, officials said. A ticket sold in Pensacola matched five numbers in the evening drawing Wednesday,