Some just have the luck, while others simply don't. New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is one of them, having won a $853,000 piece of the $340 million jackpot after having bought his ticket on a whim.

Gregg, a 58-year-old Republican from Rye, New Hampshire, announced his lucky win at a news conference on Thursday. The Politician says he usually doesn't play the lottery, but was intrigued by the huge jackpot and dropped $20 worth of numbers at a gas station in Washington, D.C.

Only in America can one swear the oath of citizenship and win almost $2 million dollars a few hours later. That very thing happened to Moses Bittok of West Des Moines, who discovered he had a winning lottery ticket later that day.

"It's almost like you adopted a country and then they netted you $1.8 million," says Bittok, who cashed in the winning ticket Monday. "It doesn't happen anywhere... I guess only in America."

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

The French lottery firm says the winning ticket for Friday's drawing was bought in "Cafe de l'Arrivee" - the Arrival Pub - at Franconville-la-Garenne in Val d'Oise, not far from Paris.

One of the oldest couples to ever win a Canadian lottery say their only plans for the $7.5 million jackpot is to buy a new pair of nylons for her and a Lincoln car for him.

Thelma and Victor Hayes, both 89, have been married for 63 years and had played the same numbers for years. This time, they decided to go for a quick pick of random figures for the August 6 draw, Canadian media reported on Tuesday.

A Wisconsin couple who won the state lottery's drawing five weeks in a row is lucky, plain and simple. An investigation shows no fraud is connected to Jeffrey and Lisa Hintz' winnings.

The Department of Revenue performed the audit after many felt the winning streak was improbable.