All news on the topic: Lottery

Denise McIntosh, from Baltimore, Maryland, US, had given up hope of winning on a lottery scratchcard after she bought five tickets in a row and lost on them all until she spotted the last one

Jamila McCaskill turned her luck around by playing Michigan Lottery’s Diamond Payout online and winning the impressive amount of $100,000 (£82,000)

Lucky Natalie Carraway, 46 - from Wilmington, North Carolina, US, was "adamant" she was going to win the $200,000 (£160,000) and is planning to pay off her debt and improve her way of living

Luke Ellis and Steff White, of Devon, have fallen head over heels for each other and are now set to marry - despite what people think

Two people have won an enormous share of a £12milllion National Lottery Prize. The 'Must Be Won' sum went to a pair of unnamed lucky Brits who each take home the best part of £6million

Matthew Spaulding, 41, from Michigan, US, received his change back after filling up his car at Mobil petrol station and decided to purchase a $5 lottery Money Match Fast Cash ticket scratchcard

Forget the train strikes, it's the planned engineering works driving Eva Simpson mad, and the pathetic excuses from rail companies

Jeff Etherington, 65, won £500,000 on the Thunderball after swapping his work shift so he could attend a knee appointment at hospital before buying the ticket on the way home

Tonight's National Lottery Set For Life jackpot draw numbers are in. Lucky Brits have the chance to walk away with a life-changing sum of money amounting to £10,000 every month for the next 30 years

Rachel Kennedy, from Hertfordshire, was 'on top of the world' when her numbers were drawn in a £182million EuroMillions jackpot but was devastated to find that payment for the £2.50 ticket had failed

Ecstatic residents of Rhymney, in the South Wales valleys, scooped a £3.7million jackpot - with 435 local people sharing in the win, buying new cars, going on holidays and living their dreams

Grandfather Gerry Donaldson, from Scotland, appeared to have blown his scratch card winnings when he was taken to court and jailed for failing to pay the colossal debt

A Colombian woman, who was very much down on her luck with her husband leaving for her best friend and was close to losing her home, has now won a double lottery

Amelia Estes, 51, from North Carolina, US, was left stunned when she found out she had won a $2million mega jackpot on the 100X The Cash lottery scratchcard

Many of us dream of winning the lottery one day, but if you've been using 'special' dates as numbers when you're picking lottery tickets, you could be hindering yourself from winning big

Pick My Postcode lottery is free to enter and you could possibly win a cash prize of £200 each day, and if no one wins, the cash rolls over everyday until someone does

The single ticketholder from the state of Maine - who has not yet been identified - picked up a life-changing £1.1billion in the US Mega Millions draw after three months of rollovers

Terry Peace, 65, from Waynesville, North Carolina, US, bought a $2 Powerball (£1.60) ticket from a Market store on January 4 and left it in his notepad

Michael Winfield, from Maryland won a stunning $50,000 (£41,000) and wants to return the favour to a colleague who revealed the winnings while checking his tickets at the shop

Mark Cunningham went to Wayne's Food Place in Luck, Wisconsin, US, and bought a $1 Megabucks prize ticket on January 4 and won a life-changing $15million

The unnamed 18-year-old from Germantown, Maryland, US, was gifted a $3 (£2.50) Peppermint Payout scratchcard by her parents and won an impressive $30,000 (£25,000) jackpot

Jane Park, now 27, won £1million when she drew the winning numbers in July 2013 at the age of 17 - she made the revelation while speaking to Dr Phil on his popular US talk show

The now 27-year-old became the youngest person to ever win the EuroMillions jackpot when she drew the winning numbers in 2013 at the age of 17

Jane Park, who won the £1million EuroMillions jackpot in 2013 at the age of 17, has spoken about the downsides of lottery wins in an episode of US TV show Dr Phil

Cody Plemmons, 18, from North Carolina, US, bought a $4 scratchcard at a petrol station in Marshall while on his way to Tennessee as he stopped to buy some snacks for the journey