All news on the topic: Lottery

A dad has shared how he kept the majority of his son's £47,000 lottery winnings because he 'deserves' it after making successful investments over the past six years

When a building yard went up in flames in the ITV soap Coronation Street on Friday, owner Ed Bailey was suspected of starting the blaze to pay his gambling debts

A woman was left furious after she excitedly opened a package she'd received from the Postcode Lottery - only to realise that the contents were totally 'unacceptable'

The two residents of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, won the weekly Millionaire Street prize, which is worth £250,000. One lucky local raked in £750,000 after playing with three tickets

John Falcon, the lucky man from Puerto Rico, was 43-years-old when he became the single-largest winner in the city's history in 1999

Abraham Shakespeare won $30million in the Florida lottery in 2006 but by 2008, he had spent most of his fortune. He was befriended by Dorice "DeeDee" Moore who ended up murdering him

When truck driver Bill Morgan cheated death he felt so lucky that he decided to buy a lottery ticket, then when re-enacting his win on TV he scooped another $140k prize

Tony Frater, 69, from Staplehurst, Kent, said there were strange signs to suggest he and his wife, Sharon, would land a huge lottery win in the days leading up to the windfall

A woman was elated to win the lottery which changed both her and her mum's life, but when her best friend started asking questions about her spending habits, she got tangled in a 'web of lies'

Laura Pearson, vice president of global corporate affairs at Lottoland, said the company had studied user data and found that massive numbers of people were sabotaging their chances of winning

John and Lisa Robinson were among three lucky winners of a huge $1.6billion jackpot on the Powerball draw - but they decided to get a lump sum of nearly $328million

Francesca Griffiths, 35, didn't think she'd ever win the lottery - but just two weeks after cancelling her ticket, she's six-figures richer and preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime safari trip with her mum

Anne-Marie Stevens believes her puppy Paul ate something poisonous on a walk and spent her postcode lottery winnings on her dog in vain as he died after falling ill

EuroMillions returned on Tuesday night with a life-changing jackpot of £75million, with a lucky ticketholder reportedly scooping the top prize - check your numbers here

Suzanne Mullins shared vast sums of her lottery winnings with her family and to pay off her son-in-law's medical bills. But eventually her kindness left her broke and in court

A Maryland man who scooped a mega-prize after playing the lottery for more than 40 years has revealed how his unorthodox way of picking numbers won him the money

Paul and Sue Rosenau had spent the day reflecting as they marked the fifth anniversary of the death of their beloved granddaughter, Makayla, when they won the lottery

Saturday's huge National Lottery EuroMillions draw saw a huge £7.5m lottery jackpot up for grabs for one lucky ticketholder - but the jackpot has not been claimed

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

After no ticketholders won Tuesday's £55m EuroMillions lottery jackpot, the prize money has now increased to a staggering £67million after another rollover took place.

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

Lucky winners of Monday's Set for Life draw will have £10,000 deposited in their bank account every single month for the next 30 years - check your numbers now to see if its you

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

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