“We like to go on cruises,” the winner told lottery officials. “This will make it a lot sweeter next time.” It’s not the first time a lucky lottery player has planned for a vacation. Another North Carolina winner hoped to take a Caribbean cruise after he hit the jackpot, McClatchy News reported in May.

A Florida lottery player has more than 115,000 new reasons to smile. Someone matched all five numbers in the evening drawing Thursday, Jan. 9, to win a $116,958.66 jackpot, according to officials at the Florida Lottery. The lucky player scored the windfall on a ticket purchased at the Riverview Food Mart in Riverview, the lottery said.

December was a hot month to play the lottery in Kentucky, with the latest winner coming away with more than $120,000.

Congrats to two Cash 5 players who win big prizes yesterday! A player with a ticket from Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Rd. in Wilmington won a $200,757 prize and a player with a ticket from Harris Teeter on Town Center Dr. in Mooresville won $50,000 with Double Play! pic.twitter.com/lgWVhDoRWc

Jersey Cash 5 is a daily lottery draw game from the New Jersey Lottery. Players pick five numbers between 1 and 45 and can add the Xtra for a chance to increase non-jackpot prizes by up to five times. The Bullseye gives players another chance to win. Drawings are held seven days a week at 10:57 p.m.

A jackpot-winning TAKE 5 ticket worth more than $29,000 was recently sold in New York state, according to lottery officials. The New York Lottery announced one top prize-winning ticket worth $29,444.50 was sold for the evening drawing on Sunday, Jan. 5. It was sold at M&Z Express, located at 969 Bay St., in Rochester.

Lucky for Life is a drawing game that offers a top prize of $1,000 a day for life. The Pittsboro player won the second-tier prize of $25,000 a year for life after their ticket mat

David Meehling, of Wilmington, bought a $1 Cash 5 ticket on Tuesday and won a $200,757 jackpot, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. “I was kind of stunned,” Meehling said. He bought his winning ticket from the Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Road in Wilmington.