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.

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.

Over the past year, a Michigan man started testing his luck with the lottery, and he’s received emails telling him he won a prize. Those emails said he had won small prizes — anywhere from $5 to $100 — the Macomb County man told lottery officials.

A lottery player tried their luck on a game in Pierce County, Washington, and ended up winning $4.2 million. The player bought a Lotto ticket during the Sept. 14 drawing at a Safeway in Puyallup, a spokesperson for Washington’s Lottery told McClatchy News by email Sept. 18.

A New York man bought a lottery ticket while visiting a friend in Massachusetts and won a $1 million top prize.

A winning $1 million lottery ticket was claimed on Thursday from a $10 scratch ticket game — but the lottery player got their prize without releasing their name. The $1 million prize was from “777,” which was released on Sept.

A player in Springfield, IL won the $1 million top prize on a $10 Gold Multiplier Instant Ticket purchased at Fas Mart, located at the Marathon gas station at 3801 South 6th Street.