Newton Waldron of Fort Myers forked over $50 for a 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off ticket and discovered it was worth $1 million, according to a Nov. 26 Florida Lottery news release. Odds of winning $1 million in the game are 1-in-274,004.

A Los Angeles woman who got called into work on her day off left as a millionaire that same day, all thanks to a lucky lottery scratcher ticket.

A California Walmart worker who covered a coworker's shift wound up walking out of the store $1 million richer thanks to a lucky lotto purchase. Rebeca Gonzalez was enjoying her Labor Day weekend when she got a phone call from the City of Industry Walmart where she works as the store was short staffed during the busy holiday and needed an extra hand.