All news on the topic: Lottery winners

A woman in South Carolina was handed the wrong lottery ticket – and a more than $300,000 jackpot along with it.

The joint winner of a £148,000,000 EuroMillions draw is reportedly planning to move out of his seven-bedroom country manor to live with his mom.

A group of Californians were the lucky winners of the historic Powerball lotto prize, it has now been revealed by lottery officials ahead of the next jackpot

There were no jackpot winners on either of Wednesday night's big National Lottery draws, including the £5.4million Lotto and £500,000 Thunderball prize

The winning numbers for tonight's Lotto draw - with a £4million jackpot - have been announced. If you bought a ticket, you should check it to see if you have won any prize

Gerry Dragoonis, 65, won £400,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery and some of his plans include going out for a meal, heading to Spain for a holiday, and helping his family

Ibi Roncaioli won £3.9million on the lottery but was poisoned by her husband, Joseph Roncaioli, after secretly giving away a huge part of her fortune to a son he didn't know about

A Kentucky couple were devastated after losing a winning $50,000 lottery ticket, but then, in a stroke of luck, the pair found it again and were able to claim their prize

New National Lottery operator Allwyn has changed the way it pays those who win between £500 and £500,000 due to the Post Office ending its Lottery contract

The National Lottery has revealed a lucky player has scooped its massive £15million prize this evening after matching all the numbers in tonight's draw

A lottery winner, from the US state of North Carolina, revealed the key reason it took her 131 days to claim her $878million jackpot prize after she purchased the winning ticket in Greenville

Colt resident Randall Morgan became a millionaire after winning a $1 million lottery prize from the February 21 Powerball drawing at Flash Market in Forrest City

One lucky Brit could scoop the life-changing Set for Life draw, which guarantees them a whopping £10,000 in their bank account every single month for the next 30 years

The National Lottery is drawing its Set For Life results giving one lucky Brit the chance to win £10,000 a month for the next 30 years - players are being urged to check their tickets

The Maryland mum let her son select their Pick 5 lottery numbers and she's glad she did as he used a unique strategy to - looking over his shoulder and coping another players!

Data analysis by Jackpot City Casino found that Maine is the luckiest state in the US in terms of average winnings per ticket holders, at a total of $574,900,000 per ticket

The lucky Set For Life winner can now enjoy receiving £10,000 a month in their account for the next 30 years - totalling £3.6million after the huge jackpot draw on Thursday

Michael Cartlidge and Charlotte Cox bought a winning Lotto scratch card from a Nisa in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and later split - resulting in war over who gets the £1million jackpot

While many dream of winning the lottery, history has shown us that scooping the jackpot isn't all roses and some winners wish they could just return to their old lives

Joshua Ramsey, from Gastonia, Tennessee, says his dreams have come true after a scratch-off win means that he is now able to afford to buy a house for his family

Berhane Meharena was on his way home to Virginia from Texas when he checked to see if he had won the lottery to discover he had won $1million (£800,000)

The National Lottery's twice-weekly Lotto draw returned with a whopping rollover of £7.6m for one lucky Brit ticket-holder to win - check your numbers here

The Texas man who hit the jackpot, Billie Bob Harrell Jr, took his own life just two years after the monumental win, saying the money ruined his life