When a Maryland woman had a serendipitous moment while sitting in traffic, she took it “as a sign of good fortune.” The woman was idling in traffic when a license plate caught her eye, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Jan. 23 news release. The license plate number included her late father’s birthday, lottery officials said.

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.

Suthard beat odds of 1 in 1,461,660 to win a jackpot. The scratch-off game relies on matching symbols rather than numbers, like an old fashioned slot machine. Initially, Suthard wasn’t exactly sure how to read the ticket.

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.

A North Carolina man scored a $120,000 jackpot from a Cash 5 lottery drawing less than four years after winning an even larger sum.

Abdellatif Tlili of Raleigh stuck with the numbers 8-8-8-8 in the Pick 4 game for years and his persistence paid off with a $100,000 win! “It was my dream to win,” he said. His 20 lucky tickets were from Online Play. Congrats, Abdellatif! https://t.co/vvPCwi4Uk0 pic.twitter.com/FjwTyLcptR

Manoj Chhetry, from Woodbridge, won a jackpot prize worth $4,303,499 in the Dec. 22 drawing for the Merry Money Mania game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 22 news release. Chhetry told lottery officials he thought it was a scam at first and had to call his wife to help him verify that he really had won. “I didn’t know what happened!” he said.

North Carolina lottery prize was identified as Michael Bach. The Cary man kept $78,925 after taxes, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote in a news release. The original story is below. A lottery player has a big reason to celebrate after scoring a life-changing win in North Carolina.

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.