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A lucky Powerball player in San Jose is holding a ticket worth more than half a million dollars after matching the first five numbers in Wednesday night’s draw.

“We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got,” Jerry Hicks said.

A lucky lottery player in Stockton turned a tedious trip to the dump into a lucrative venture after he stopped off and bought what turned out to be a $2 million Scratchers ticket.

A quintet of lottery players in Northern California, including a few in the Bay Area, combined to win $5 million on Scratchers tickets, according to the California Lottery.

A lucky lottery player in Northern California is holding a winning Powerball ticket worth more than $1.1 million after matching the first five numbers in Saturday’s draw, according to the California Lottery.

A lucky lottery player in Northern California is holding a winning Powerball ticket worth more than $1.1 million after matching the first five numbers in Saturday’s draw, according to the California Lottery.

A winning Mega Millions ticket sold in the East Bay just missed hitting the $358 million jackpot Friday night but is still worth $460,000, according to the California Lottery.

A lucky Powerball player in San Francisco bought a ticket matching the first five numbers in Wednesday night’s draw and worth nearly $1 million, according to the California Lottery.

A lucky lottery Scratchers player in the East Bay is $10 million richer after buying a jackpot ticket recently while stopping at a gas station, according to the California Lottery.

A lucky lottery player in Northern California is holding a Superlotto Plus ticket worth $54 million after matching all six numbers in Saturday night’s draw, according to the California Lottery.

A great-grandmother from Pennsylvania who recently completed radiation treatments for breast cancer won $5 million on a scratch-off state lottery ticket.

Two lucky lottery players in the Bay Area took home a combined $15 million in winnings from Scratchers tickets, according to the Califoria Lottery.

A Mega Millions player in the East Bay just missed hitting the $67 million jackpot Friday night but still came away with $327,000, according to the California Lottery.

One lucky lottery player in San Jose is $2 million richer after winning the top prize on a Scratchers ticket, according to the California Lottery.

Are you feeling lucky? The Powerball jackpot is growing and nearing $1 billion for this weekend’s draw. A California Lottery spokesperson talked with NBC Bay Area about the massive jackpot.

The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $865 million — making it one of the largest Powerball prizes ever ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing.

Attorney Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, many of whom lost all their winnings through bad investments, reckless spending and greedy relatives. “Unfortunately, the people who win the lottery think at that point, the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really just begun,” says the Chicago-based Stoltmann.

One lucky Mega Millions player in Sacramento is holding a ticket worth $1.75 million after matching the first five numbers in Tuesday night’s draw, according to the California lottery.

The sixth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever is set to be drawn Friday night.

A Hollister man hit the $2 million jackpot on a Scratchers ticket he bought at his favorite lottery outlet, according to the California Lottery.