She knows what she's going to do with some of the money, too. Like any caring mother, her thoughts first went to helping her son, who needs a means of transportation.

'Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., the U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.'

When the staff heard about the reason Mr. Livingston had been out, and realized he hadn't gotten his ticket after all, they let him join their pool -- a nice gesture, regardless of the outcome. But they won.

'It's hard to overstate how fast lottery tickets fly out of the mini marts when the top prizes get so large.'

For one Florida HVAC worker, hideouts might seem a little less enticing after a discovery he made. He found a secret room that was intended as a hideout for a murderer.

Charlotte chose the lottery as her theme three weeks ago when she decided to play a trick on her husband. She told him they'd won £250,000 (about $320,000) and he believed her.

They decided to chip in $2 a piece when they heard how big the jackpot had become, the Lottery said in a news release Friday.

Michael and Virginia Owens, from Tonganoxie, Kansas, have fun playing the lottery. One of their tickets resulted in a free ticket win, so the couple went to the store to redeem it.

'So I called the Lottery, and when the woman on the phone confirmed I’d won $1 million, I started shaking so much I dropped the phone.'

Sometimes, you just hit the jackpot.