All news on the topic: Lottery winners

Watch luck play out in the story of a man who bought some lottery tickets at a gas station on his way home from a Post Malone concert

Ronnie Music Jr, a lottery winner from Georgia, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for investing part of his $3million (£2.35million) winnings in a methamphetamine trafficking ring

A lucky Brit could scoop an incredible £61million tonight in the EuroMillions draw - and even if the odds of winning are 1 in 139,838,160, you can still have hope and dream big

Some lottery winners who lost it all say they are glad that their huge fortunes have disappeared - as it ended up becoming a nightmare. Here, we look at some of the biggest lottery scandals

A Florida woman has claimed her lottery winnings were "held hostage" after the unemployment office flagged an apparent overpayment of unemployment payments from the start of the Covid pandemic

Joe and Jess Thwaite were the lucky winners of a huge EuroMillions jackpot - and while they kept a low profile after their win, they explained what the first thing they bought was

The woman was seen hyperventilating and collapsing to her knees in joy outside Palmitas Mini Mart in Los Angeles after claiming to have bought the winning $1.08billion Powerball ticket

Cambridge Rock Festival was under threat this year because angry neighbours in Linton, Cambridgeshire, voiced concerns about booming bass and drum sounds until 11pm

A man in Arkansas gave away his $200,000 winning Powerball ticket to his stepdaughter after promising her would if he ever won it. Cally Krisell's stepdad won big on July 17

Raul Nabor Herrera, manager of Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles, changed the lives of one of his customers overnight by selling the winning Powerball ticket

California Lottery officials had confirmed Las Palmitas Mini Market sold the winning ticket and its owner, Nabor Herrera, will receive a whopping $1million bonus from Powerball

Tonight the National Lottery Lotto draw AND the Thunderball have both been won - with one ticket taking home the incredible Must-Be-Won' jackpot

The lucky California winner, who has not been identified, was seen breaking down in tears and hyperventilating at Las Palmitas Mini Market, the store where the $1billion Powerball ticket was purchased

The California Lottery confirmed the jackpot ticket was sold at the Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles after the winning numbers in Wednesday's draw e 7, 10, 11, 13 and 24, and the Powerball was 24

Aurora Kephart, 25, was working at a restaurant in Oregon when a regular customer gave her a lottery ticket as a tip, which ended up winning her $17,500, though she's yet to spend any of it on herself

The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $1 billion (£770 million) after no winning lottery ticket was sold for the latest drawing, making it the third highest in US history

Thousands attended the Cambridge Rock Festival (CRF) in 2017 and 2018, and though Adrian Bayford wanted to repeat the music event this year, neighbours shared concerns to the council

Clive Bray, a carer from St Austell, Cornwall, has won £300,000 on a scratch card - but didn't believe he'd won so visited two shops to get confirmation of his large windfall

Gerry and Lisa Cannings, who lived in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, had originally vowed to stay "Mr and Mrs boring and normal" when they won big on the National Lottery

A Maryland woman scooped up a Mega Millions million-dollar jackpot prize after playing her birthday numbers - after decades of trying and getting nothing but bad luck

A woman working at a liquor store is accused of cashing in a customer's winning ticket that had a total prize of $3million - but her alleged plot was uncovered on CCTV

Gilbert Cisneros wanted Mexican food, his wife Jacki Wells Cisneros wanted KFC - in the end they settled on Hawaiian BBQ, which came with a side of big lottery winnings

A £500,000 property is available to win in a budget raffle, and the winner gets to choose the house. Tickets for the raffle come as cheap as just 50p per entry.

Ruth Salvatore initially won just $2 on her first ticket but her last one scanned a much bigger prize - $52,000 - a lucky number indeed as she marks her 52nd wedding anniversary this year

A lottery player in New Mexico says he got the shock of a lifetime when his scratch-off showed that he won the $500,000 jackpot, but when he tried to collect his winnings the lottery company told him it was a misprint