An Iowa lottery player won big just before his eighth wedding anniversary, noting the “good timing” of his good fortune. Mike Ewald, 48, of Des Moines said he made his routine stop at a local convenience store after work and bought a “MONOPOLY Game Tokens Progressive” InstaPlay ticket, according to an Oct. 3 news release from the Iowa Lottery.

URBANA, Ohio (WJW) – Someone in Ohio had a life-changing scratch-off win. Cashword is a $10 scratch-off with a top prize of $500,000. A ticket sold at a Sunoco Gas Station in Urbana claimed that top prize. According to the Ohio Lottery, the winner will take home about $360,000 after taxes.

A California man scored a $10 million lottery prize the day after winning $2,000 at a casino -- and his luck didn't stop there.

Trust of Quincy has claimed a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “777″ instant ticket game.

A chef from Massachusetts won $10 million playing the lottery and came forward to claim his prize on Thursday.

One of those games, 200X, no longer has the top prize in circulation, but still has one ticket worth $100,000 out there. Tickets for all five of the games go for $30, and one game has two $10 million tickets left in circulation.

A New Bedford man is the newest winner of the Massachusetts State Lottery’s JAWS instant ticket. Bacilio Gomez chose to receive his prize in the form of a one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes).

Not one, but two people came forward to claim $10 million lottery prizes on Thursday. Here's where the winning tickets were sold.