The first prize in the Channel Islands Lottery 2024 Christmas Draw has been claimed. The States of Guernsey confirmed on Friday that the owner of winning ticket number 676349, from Jersey, had come forward. It said the winner of the £483,795 jackpot wished to remain anonymous.

A lottery ticket bought at a hometown grocery store paid off for one lottery player visiting his family in Iowa over Christmas. William Beyerink picked up a $10 scratch-off ticket at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh in Sioux City while “home for the holidays,” Iowa lottery officials said.

Lilian Hernandez — a first-time lottery player from Silver Spring — won $50,000 from a $5 Deluxe Crossword 9th Edition game after her aunt suggested she purchase the scratch-off, the Maryland Lottery said in a Dec. 30 news release.

The holiday season took an even more festive turn for one Canadian couple from Nova Scotia after a massive lottery win.

An Iowa woman said she always believed she’d win the lottery one day. That day was Christmas, thanks to a lucky ticket given to her by her husband, according to a news release from Iowa Lottery officials.

A man had to step away from a holiday party to make sure a Christmas gift from his friend — a lottery ticket — was really a winner. The friend gifted two lottery tickets to a married couple at an annual holiday party shortly before Christmas, according to a Dec. 26 news release from the Maryland Lottery.

David Webb of Stokesdale tried his luck on Digital Instants on Tuesday and won a $545,885 progressive jackpot! Webb played a $1 ticket and won the top level ‘Epic jackpot’ in the Wheel of Bonuses game. Congrats on the win, David! https://t.co/Z2nJCfQIbq pic.twitter.com/BgozR8KMm6