Two lottery players pressed their luck - and both netted top prizes in Georgia. The lucky winners hit the Fantasy 5 jackpot, each winning $189,714 in the drawing Thursday, Aug. 7, according to the Georgia Lottery's website. The tickets, one sold in Marietta and the other purchased online, matched all five numbers - 4-7-12-28-37.

A woman in South Carolina says she recently prayed for a lottery win, which ended up manifesting in the form of a massive prize.

The Ohio Lottery says a 50-cent bet in the Pick 5 placed in Akron hit the jackpot on Aug. 6. The winner with the correct numbers for the drawing − 4-1-3-1-2 − and won a $25,417 jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Mini Mart in Kenmore Boulevard. After state and federal taxes, the winning ticket is worth $18,300.24.

A North Carolina woman scored a $2 million top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket just over a month after winning $250,000 from a second chance drawing.

A Charlotte woman invested $1 on a lottery ticket while shopping at Harris Teeter and walked out with a jackpot winner, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Barbara Burris' Cash 5 ticket beat odds of 1-in-962,

One gas station chain sold two grand prize winning scratch-off tickets in the same Palmetto State county, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials. A pair of Refuel gas station/convenience stores in Darlington County,