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Andrew Nachman decided to check his lottery ticket as he sat down ready for a work call - he couldn't quite believe what he discovered

Emma Lavelle's grey My Silver Lining (17-2) won the Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase at Warwick. Dan Skelton, in form at his local course, had six winners on the afternoon at cumulative odds of 3,318-1

Farrakh Nizzar purposely misled Maureen Holt, 78, and her husband Fred, 80, into thinking they had not won anything - and kept the potentially life-changing ticket for himself

A new study, conducted by bingo industry experts at BestNewBingoSites, analysed Google search data to establish which UK cities are the most hopeful for winning the lottery.

Dave and Erica Harrig won a staggering $61million (£47.8m) on the Powerball lottery but stayed humble and continued to live similarly to their life before the win, with the addition of a few luxuries

It's For Me, a leading fancy for the big meeting in March, has suffered a setback. The Simon Munir and Isaac Souede-owned horse is 8-1 for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle with William Hill

David Maxwell has always wanted to win the St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase at Cheltenham. But the amateur jockey has sadly lost his intended 2024 mount Simply The Betts to colic

Theresa Clark from Louisa, Virginia, found out she'd won the Powerplay draw on December 20 after using 'Easy Pick' to let the computer choose her numbers at random

Tonight there's an eye-watering £5.4m up for grabs - a seriously lifechanging amount, and should your lucky numbers come up you could retire instantly, and start making all of your dreams come true

Mike Antonucci won the National Lottery, quit his job and went on an international spending spree buying luxury cars, yachts and even a pub - but his riches have long since run out

Ben Llewellin was denied a place at the Games by one shot last time around, the cruellest of blows that left him unable to so much as look at a weapon for weeks on end

Tuesday's huge National Lottery EuroMillions draw saw an eye-watering £55m lottery jackpot up for grabs for one lucky ticketholder, but a jackpot was not claimed

Burdett Road is at the top of William Hill's JCB Triumph Hurdle market at 7-2. The Royal Ascot winner has flourished over obstacles in James Owen's care and is unbeaten in two starts

Gary Henry has splashed out the cash since he won big money - but his pride and joy ‘Rolls Royce of bicycles’ – a £8,500 electric S-Works SL Creo - has taken him places he would never seen

Gerald Muswagon, from Manitoba, Canada won a $10million (£8million) lottery jackpot after purchasing a $2 Super 7 ticket in 1998 but his family's joy turned to sadness seven years later following his death

Allwyn, owned by a Czech billionaire, was handed the licence to run the National Lottery in 2022 - and in November they gave cash to the Conservative Party

Kevin Scott, 46, and his partner Fiona Young bought the property in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, after she won £20,000 on a scratchcard before pocketing the proceeds

Pamela Bradshaw, of Clinton, North Carolina, became the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year during a VIP trip to New York City, just days after stepping foot on a plane for the first time in her life

There were no winners of Wednesday's £34 million Euromillions jackpot, the National Lottery confirmed, meaning the draw will rollover for a bumper prize on Friday

Cameron Radigan was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his left calf muscle at the age of two - but is now on the cusp of an emotional Paralympic debut

National Lottery players have 180 days from the day of the draw to claim their prize if they have the winning ticket - and a claim for the £1,000,000 prize has been made from a ticket bought in North Lanarkshire

The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red Powerball: 1. The jackpot had been growing since mid-October and is the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won

The most successful British female rifle shooter of all time, Seonaid McIntosh has put two difficult years behind her to rediscover her best form in 2023 ahead of next summer's games in Paris

Seven tickets that could make somebody a millionaire have yet to be claimed. Hundreds of thousands in smaller prizes is also waiting to be banked

Euromillions players could end the year with more than £26 million in their bank accounts if they manage to match tonight's numbers with the lucky slip in their hands