All news on the topic: Lottery winners

Gary Thomas lucked out this week when a £4.10 ( $5)scratchcard won him £122,915.30 ($150,000) a year for the remainder of his life. The reality of the situation "is still sinking in"

Martyn Tott from Watford has been chasing justice for years after losing out on over £3 million in lottery winnings. Let down by a technicality, his marriage broke down, he quit his job and joined a cult

The second-largest ever Powerball jackpot was won with a ticket bought in the quaint mountain community of Frazier Park in California where residents are eager to find out if the new billionaire is one of their own

Lotteries may advertise the jaw-dropping prize of $1.73billion, but the lucky winner will most likely end up getting less than half as much, or only 44% of it due to a technicality

A $1.7billion (£1.4bn) Powerball jackpot was won by a California player, ending a 35-draw streak, with the winning ticket sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park setting the record as the second-largest lottery prize in history

Neil Trotter scooped an incredible £108million - but instead of frittering his winnings he has invested the cash in the land around his manor house reintroducing wildlife

A woman in Cheboygan, Michigan used $80 she had already won to buy herself a heap of tickets to win an incredible life-changing Fantasy 5 jackpot prize of $170,000

Christine Oberheitmann and her husband bagged a million dollars after stopping off for a chance lunch in Virginia and buying a Powerball ticket on a long drive home

Gregory Rakowicz, who was part of a five-person lottery club in Michigan, revealed the family members took nearly a year to come forward to claim the Powerball lottery jackpot

A man in Arkansas chose special numbers related to his family for a massive multi-million dollar win. The unnamed individual quit his job as soon as he found out he won

The conman who forged a winning ticket to steal £2.5million in 2009 paid off just £94,000 of a £939,000 confiscation order, but his home has now sold for a fortune

Gareth Bull spent four years building the house, which he said helped him survive during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, after scooping £41million with EuroMillions ticket

A lucky American could scoop a huge prize this Wednesday as the Powerball jackpot hit an estimated $835million. Winners will be able to choose between annual payments or a lump sum

A suburban liquor store in Chicago has officially made two people's dreams come true, as this week, one lucky customer bought a $30 Titanium Black 7 Instant Ticket and ended up with $3 million (£2.6 million) and became the second customer to hit the jackpot in three years

Tiffany Brown matched the first five numbers of her Quic Pic ticket in Monday's draw but the prize is well below the current jackpot that now sits at more than $700million

One particular number has been exceptionally unlucky in Powerball and Mega Millions drawings over the past year, not having been drawn since February and September 2022, respectively

Travis Hall, a Florida man, bought a scratch-off ticket worth £16 ($20) along with his sandwich at a Publix store in Stuart and won a staggering £4,032,500 ($5million)

A total of 13 National Lottery players became overnight millionaires last weekend with more than £40m between but not all the winners have come forward to collect the money

Waldemar "Bud" Tasch won $5million last week and to celebrate he bought himself a watermelon and flowers for his wife. The pensioner also wants to give some money to charity

Bus driver Peter Lavery became one of the richest men in Belfast overnight when he won the lottery in 1996 - now he is investing in his local community and has donated millions to charity

Peter Lavery was a bus driver when he scooped the jackpot, and he spent years celebrating - but he stopped boozing for health reasons and decided to give back to neighbours instead

James Keown, a kindhearted Kentucky bus driver, won a life-changing sum of $100,000 (£80,630), prompting him to quit his job to enjoy some down time. He has also decided to make two very special donations with his winnings

A father and son team who managed to snag the £120,00 ($150,000) lotto jackpot are sharing their tips and tricks with the public, after two scored big with a Michigan Lottery Powerball ticket

A Louisville resident recently retired after purchasing a £80,177 ($100,000) Powerball ticket from the Kentucky Lottery. He purchased the winning ticket for the August 19 drawing at the Circle K on Galene Drive in Louisville.

April Royal and her husband Eric decided to pick up a a $2 Powerball lottery ticket from a Circle K store - and were astonished to come away with a $1million win