An Illinois woman is $1 million richer after winning on a lottery ticket she forgot about. During a grocery trip to the Jewel-Osco supermarket in Elmhurst in October, she made the last-minute decision to pick up a lottery ticket for the Lucky Day Lotto, a daily draw game in Illinois. The ticket was set for an evening drawing on October 20.

EASTON — Family First Trust of Cumberland, Rhode Island, claimed a $1 million lottery prize on Nov. 8 after purchasing the winning ticket in Easton, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.

An Oakland County man purchased a Michigan Lottery instant ticket at a BP in Farmington Hills that won him $6,000,000.

Gail Riola, 67, of North Port, won $1 million on a 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game, the Florida Lottery said in a Nov. 13 news release. She bought the lucky ticket at the RaceTrac on Tamiami Trail in North Port, officials said. The gas station received a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.

Khaled Samara said he will be donating back to the community if his Farrell store receives a bonus from selling a $1.1 million lottery ticket Monday.

“Colorado Lotto is on fire!” Colorado Lottery said Thursday. “The winning ticket was sold at Charlie’s Market on 214 S. Main St. in the tiny town of La Veta -- population just 878!” The town is small enough, it could split the winnings across the entire population and each person would score nearly $3,000!

A small town in Huerfano County is now home to a millionaire after someone scored big when a $2.6 million winning Colorado Lotto+ jackpot ticket was sold in La Veta. According to Meghan Dougherty, Communications Manager for the Colorado Lottery,

One lucky person woke up Thursday to the crazy reality of hitting Wednesday's $2.6 million Colorado Lotto+ jackpot — thanks to a ticket sold in the tiny town of La Veta, according to Colorado Lottery officials.

Colorado Lotto+ is on fire. A small town in southern Colorado sold a winning jackpot ticket during Wednesday's drawing.