A lottery player is holding a ticket worth more than $110,000 that came from a Walmart in Florida. The Fantasy 5 ticket hit the top prize in the Sept. 19 evening drawing, according to the Florida Lottery. It was sold at a Walmart in Gulf Breeze in the Florida Panhandle.

One small decision prompted by a store clerk turned into a “six-figure payday” for a South Carolina lottery player, officials said. The Summerville man was cashing a “small winning ticket,” when the clerk asked if he’d like to buy one more, according to a Sept. 20 news release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

The Mega Millions jackpot is creeping towards the $1 billion mark. The current jackpot sits at $800 million with an estimated cash value of $404.2 million after no one won Friday's drawing. Tonight's drawing may unveil a lucky jackpot winner.

THE BRONX, N.Y. — Two lucky lottery winners are pocketing TAKE 5 top prizes worth just under $10,000 each. Now that is a pretty nice way to start football Sunday. One of the $9,616 tickets was picked up at Shree Naanshardama Convenience, which can be found at 113 Dreiser Loop in the Bronx.

Spotting a sign about an unclaimed lottery prize, an Iowa woman made a post on Facebook hoping to get the attention of the ticket holder before the deadline to claim the thousands of dollars passed. “That was bugging me all week and I just thought, ‘I’ve got to put something on there,” Anne Rodriguez told officials.

A lucky lottery player somewhere in New Jersey is $1 million richer today after buying a Mega Millions ticket for Friday night’s drawing that matched five of the winning numbers. That’s the word from the official Mega Millions website,

Tickets sold in New Jersey and California won second-tier prizes Friday, while the jackpot will hit $62 million for Tuesday's drawing.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $47 million with a cash option of $23.5 million for Friday night's drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on Sept.