A woman gave her brother some money to buy a lottery ticket for her, and it turned out to be a winner. A LOTERIA™ GRANDE Scratcher that cost $10 ended up with a $1 million prize. But the woman didn't know she was a winner until her brother called her last year.

An Estill County woman found her winning lottery ticket in the trash, according to Kentucky Lottery officials.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - One Estill County woman’s bank account grew after she drew the winning numbers on her Powerball ticket. Officials with the Kentucky Lottery said the woman doubled her winnings after adding Power Play to her ticket.

"I gave the ticket back to the clerk and had her check it. She helped me scratch the rest of it off, and when she saw I had hit $1 million, she screamed, 'She just won $1 million!'" The player elected to receive her prize as a one-time lump sum payment of about $693,

A Michigan woman was forced to play a different lottery game than usual, and it ended up winning her $1 million. “The store didn’t have the game I wanted to buy, so I decided to try my luck on the Wild Cherry game,

A woman in Kent County is planning on buying a home after winning the lottery. The woman, who chose to remain anonymous, one $1 million from a scratch-off ticket, the Michigan Lottery said in a release.