Life will never be the same for an Ecuadorian factory worker after he scooped $250,000 on the USA Mega Millions lottery draw with a ticket bought through WinTrillions.

Enrique Gonzalez, a 42-year-old from the province of Guayas, secured the life-changing lottery win after playing the game for just six months. He had been praying for a win to take his wife on vacation and help improve his finances, so the $250,000 windfall is beyond his wildest dreams.

“Just two weeks ago, I was out for lunch and my wife said to me how much $10,000 would change our lives for the better,” said Enrique. “I kept checking my Mega Millions numbers, which I have been buying every week since last December on WinTrillions.com, and I kept praying that her dream would come true.

“When the WinTrillions team called, they asked if I had checked my email, but I had not. They told me I was a big winner, so I checked my inbox and there it was. I called my wife and at first she didn’t believe me, but I kept insisting and then we both cried with joy.”

WinTrillions.com arranged for Enrique and his wife to travel to the USA,  arranging visas and tickets for the couple, who were still stunned by their good fortune. There, they were met by both our US local branch operator and a senior representative from our European headquarters. Enrique received the ticket and was then presented with a cheque for a whopping $250,000 by the state lottery commission. Then it was off to dinner, where the dancing, drinking and celebrating really began!

“It’s really wonderful that one of our South American customers has won big on the USA’s national lottery,” said Lucy Gold, spokesperson for WinTrillions.com. “When I met Enrique and his wife I was almost brought to tears by how grateful they are for their win. It was a huge pleasure to bring them to the USA so that they could claim their lottery win.”

“The cost of living in Ecuador is much cheaper than in Europe and the USA, so when we’ve looked into it, $250,000 will actually be worth more than a million to Enrique and his family. This means that the win is genuinely life-changing for them.”

With a record jackpot of $390 million set back in 2007, MegaMillions vies with US Powerball and EuroMillions for the title of the world’s richest weekly lottery. With 35 US states participating in the twice-weekly draws, the jackpot prize on MegaMillions is never less than $12 million. Ticket sales average around $17 million for each draw, although this can increase to almost $150 million when there is a massive rollover jackpot.

The lucky lottery winners are now back in Ecuador with their winnings. Enrique and his wife are planning to pay off their debts and go on the trip that they could only dream of just a few weeks ago. He said: “I thank God and I thank WinTrillions for our good fortune. I did not win for six months and then this happened. You can never tell.”

The next Mega Millions draw is later today so there’s not much time left to buy your ticket – there’s £22 million reasons why. Why not check Wintrillions out at Facebook or follow us on Twitter just click the links and it’s job done!

Today’s three big-buck draws are now in the final straight and heading full charge for the winning line, what’s more there’s hardly anything between them. Up front on the prize money leader-board is Italy’s SuperEnalotto worth $29.7 million, chased by the USA’s Megamillions Lotto carrying $22 million and the EuroMillions Lotto running a tight third with $20 million.

If you think that these are tasty amounts, then you’re right, but even these pale a little when you look at what’s on offer for tomorrow – America’s Powerball lottery all by itself, is worth an eye-catching $86 million!

One essential thing unites every single lottery winner in the world – a ticket to get into the game! The simple fact is, if you’re not in the game, you can’t win the game! Getting in couldn’t be easier and the only thing you need to get picky about are your numbers, so why not pick and click your way to millionaire’s row right here at WinTrillions, where you can play all of these lotteries, as well as many other lotteries from all around the world. Job done!

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An illiterate Filipino man who was too poor to send his six children to school has become an overnight millionaire after snaring the country’s second biggest-ever lottery win. Lottery officials said that the 60-year old slum-dweller is now the lucky holder of a 356.5 million peso ($8 million) cheque after he bought a single 20-peso ticket, which was all he could afford at the time. The winner said that he always bought lottery tickets when he had money to spare, and always chose a six number combination of his and his wife’s birthdays and their wedding date. You may not be able to play lotteries from the Philippines, but there are a million opportunities to win big at WinTrillions.com!

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A $16.5 million winning Iowa lottery ticket purchased December 29, 2010 has still gone unclaimed, ABC News reports.

“It’s just so sad to just continue to see this sit there and sit there,” said Mary Neubauer, a spokesperson for the Iowa Lottery, as reported by ABC News. “It’s sad because someone legitimately won this huge prize. It would make so much of a difference in someone’s life.”

Winners usually collect their prize winnings within the first few weeks.

“Usually it’s a few days to maybe a few weeks because we always encourage our winners to take their time and talk to a financial planner or an attorney to assist with the big decisions when you’re about to become an instant millionaire,” Neubauer told ABC News.

The $16.5 million ticket, with numbers 3-12-16-26-33 and Hot Ball 11, is currently the second-highest unclaimed lottery ticket in the country, ABC News reports.

“The previous largest unclaimed ticket [in Iowa] was for around $600,000, a significant amount of money, but it was nowhere near this amount of money,” said Neubauer, as reported by ABC News. “We’ve never had a jackpot winner take this long to come in and claim the prize.”

If a winner fails to come forward by the end of the year, the money will return to the 14 participating states and the District of Columbia based on the portion of tickets sold, ABC News reports.

The total amount of reported unclaimed prizes across the United States in 2009 stood at $496 million, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries.

Remember, you will never lose a lottery ticket or forget to claim a prize at WinTrillions. We store the ticket safely and let you know whenever you win.