Mica had a lot to celebrate after stopping at a Shell gas station in Lexington, a roughly 20-mile drive south from Winston-Salem. While there, he bought a $3 Quick Pick ticket, meaning a lottery machine chose the numbers at random.

The West Virginia Lottery offers a variety of games if you think it’s your lucky day. Lottery players in West Virginia can choose from popular national games like the Powerball and Mega Millions,

Whenever a Maryland man buys a Powerball ticket, he always spends $1 more buying a second chance ticket. “ If you are going to play, you should give yourself a second chance to win,” the Baltimore man told Maryland Lottery officials in a May 23 news release.

A Powerball player in California won $62,000, just missing the $84 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, May 10, the California Lottery said. The lucky ticket was sold at Westside Liquor in Los Angeles, lottery officials told McClatchy News.

A Powerball player just missed a massive jackpot prize — but still won big in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the May 12 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 15-16-41-48-60, with red Powerball 21.