A man thought he won $1,000 on a lottery ticket in California, but the prize ended up being much larger. Guadalupe Guerro was on his way home from visiting his mom in Santa Rosa when he made a stop, the California Lottery said in a March 13 news release.

A woman gave her brother some money to buy a lottery ticket for her, and it turned out to be a winner. A LOTERIA™ GRANDE Scratcher that cost $10 ended up with a $1 million prize. But the woman didn't know she was a winner until her brother called her last year.

A California woman said she is going to buy her brother a new car after she gave him some money to buy her a lottery ticket and he came back with a $1 million winner.