“We like to go on cruises,” the winner told lottery officials. “This will make it a lot sweeter next time.” It’s not the first time a lucky lottery player has planned for a vacation. Another North Carolina winner hoped to take a Caribbean cruise after he hit the jackpot, McClatchy News reported in May.

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $240 million after no one won at Jan. 6 drawing. Here's what time the next drawing is in Arizona and how to play.

A scratch-off Illinois State Lottery ticket purchased from the Speedway gas station in South Elgin has netted some lucky winner $10 million.

Congrats to two Cash 5 players who win big prizes yesterday! A player with a ticket from Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Rd. in Wilmington won a $200,757 prize and a player with a ticket from Harris Teeter on Town Center Dr. in Mooresville won $50,000 with Double Play! pic.twitter.com/lgWVhDoRWc

A single Fantasy 5 ticket matching all five numbers drawn Monday, Jan. 6, won a massive $510,693 jackpot, according to the Georgia Lottery. The lucky player bought the ticket at the Girard Mall gas station in Girard, a tiny town of 184 residents near the Georgia-South Carolina state line, officials said.

A lucky lottery player in New York City won $3 million in a New York LOTTO jackpot prize. The New York Lottery announced that one first-prize ticket — worth $3 million — was sold for the Wednesday, Jan. 8, New York LOTTO drawing. It was sold at Players Cafe, located at 241 Bleecker St., in Manhattan.

Just won millions in the lottery? Congratulations! Here's what to do — and more importantly, not to do — to avoid making some very big mistakes.