By Kate Northrop

Imagine the moment you figure out you've been walking around with nearly $40 million in your purse for weeks without even realizing it.

An anonymous German woman did not even know that she had hit the Germany Lottery's Lotto 6aus49 €32 million (US$38.98 million) jackpot from the Wed., Jun. 9, 2021 drawing until several weeks after.

It's a good thing that ticket stayed in her purse — had it been misplaced, it would have been heartbreaking for the €32 million jackpot to go unclaimed.

How the popular multi-state game evolved

By Kate Northrop 

In April, state lotteries participating in the popular multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game announced that the game would be moving from bi-weekly drawings to a once-daily draw format.

Now that the changeover has officially transpired since last Monday, Jul. 19, Lottery Post took a closer look at how and why the game offering players the opportunity to wi­n $1,000 a day for life evolved as a whole.

A young married couple from Auckland, New Zealand, started their Sunday morning learning they were $17.16 million (US$12.6 million) richer.

The couple, who want to remain anonymous, won Powerball First Division in Saturday night's draw after buying their ticket from West City Lotto in Henderson.

The husband said he was up with his children on Sunday morning while his wife had a "much-deserved" sleep-in. He was on his phone when he saw Powerball had been won by a ticket purchased at one of the stores he and his wife buy Lotto from.

Curious...

The Idaho Lottery announced on Wednesday that it will be raising the Powerball ticket price to $3 per play beginning this August, by mandating that every ticket sold will include the Power Play multiplier option.

The New York Lottery added a second daily drawing to its popular Take 5 draw game, with the change effective starting next week.

Texas Lottery players will get an additional chance to hit the Lotto Texas jackpot with a new weekly drawing to be added this August.

Small gestures may go a long way, but receiving a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $2 million is one that a North Carolina woman will certainly never forget.

A Massachusetts player reached out to the Massachusetts Lottery for help after allegedly being swindled of half her prize on a winning scratch-off ticket by a store clerk.

A food delivery driver was sitting in her car between orders when she found out she hit the $250,000 top prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket from the Maryland Lottery.

A veteran from the Canadian military who won a huge $65 million (US$51.6 million) Lotto Max jackpot was inspired by his past experiences to make the world better place with his newfound wealth.