Holding out hope for a big win, the woman bought a third ticket and scratched it in her car, according to the release. The first thing she revealed was the game’s top prize, officials said. She messaged her daughter a photo of the ticket and said, “I need you to tell me if we see the same thing,” according to the release.

More than one quarter of the $1 million or more tickets sold were Jersey Cash 5, which led the way with 14 big winners. The biggest Jersey Cash 5 win came in October when someone who bought a $2 ticket at a deli in Port Monmouth in Monmouth County won a jackpot of nearly $2.4 million.

The first prize in the Channel Islands Lottery 2024 Christmas Draw has been claimed. The States of Guernsey confirmed on Friday that the owner of winning ticket number 676349, from Jersey, had come forward. It said the winner of the £483,795 jackpot wished to remain anonymous.

A lottery ticket bought at a hometown grocery store paid off for one lottery player visiting his family in Iowa over Christmas. William Beyerink picked up a $10 scratch-off ticket at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh in Sioux City while “home for the holidays,” Iowa lottery officials said.

An Iowa woman had a particularly memorable Christmas when one of her gifts, a scratch-off lottery ticket, turned out to be a $250,000 winner.