A husband was thrilled when his wife won $100 on a scratch-off lottery ticket — then he won a life-changing prize in a Powerball drawing in Virginia. Charles Guzek narrowly missed the jackpot, but he still hit a $1 million prize. “There was a lot of screaming and yelling,” he told lottery officials.

A Virginia man didn’t believe his luck when he learned he won big playing Powerball, lottery officials said. “That can’t be right. It’s got to be a scam,” Robert Peak told Virginia Lottery officials he said after seeing a message saying that he had won $200,000.

Randall Smith was sitting in his car when he won a $100,000 top prize from a Money Tree ticket, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 6 news release. “I broke down, and I lost it!” Smith told lottery officials.

According to Virginia Lottery, the $1 million prize was part of the New Year's Millionaire Raffle. Five tickets were sold at grocery stores, convenience stores and gas stations across the commonwealth. Those businesses include: Ticket #068764 (bought at McNair Farms Sunoco, 13470 Coppermine Road, Herndon)

A lottery player has a huge reason to celebrate after hitting the jackpot in North Carolina. The player bought a Cash 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the Jan. 7 drawing, making it worth $200,