All news on the topic: Lottery winners

A Kentucky bus driver won himself a life-changing sum of $100,000, prompting him to quit his job almost straight away. James Keown 'loved' his job but now has a fortune to his name

The 70-year-old woman from Genesee County, Michigan, picked up the ticket at MoJoe's Food and Spirits in Davison, Michigan, when she was buying her husband another lottery ticket

Thanks to her big win, Doris will receive £10,000 in her bank every month for the next 30 years, with the 70-year-old joking that "it gives me a reason to be around until I am 100"

Lara Griffiths says people assumed she and then-husband Roger were 'silly' with their money when they won £1.8 million on the lottery - but that couldn't be further from the truth

The price-tag for the detached property, once worth £700,000, has been slashed to £300,000 as police try to claw back money from the jailed fraudster

A lorry driver was exuberant when he became £20,000 richer from a $5 lottery ticket he bought shortly before taking a nap in his vehicle. He plans to pay off some debt and add to his savings

Howie Guja, from prize-giving company Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes, turned up at Edin Walker's Alabama home - but no-one answered the door

The syndicate from Wentworth in New South Wales, Australia, was the only jackpot winning ticket - meaning the group of 10 shared a total of $40,517,739.00 (AUD) - meaning each individual winner will take home an incredible $4,051,773.90

A lucky New York Lottery player won a $1million prize from a scratch-off game — but instead of taking home a lump sum, he opted to receive just $30,000 annually for 20 years

For William "Bud" Post III, a man who spent a chunk of his childhood in an orphanage, the lottery could have turned his life. And it did but seemingly for the worse

Jack Whittaker’s $315million win in the Powerball in 2002 is the kind of stuff many people dream of. But after reading the story of how his life collapsed, they might feel differently…

The woman from Somerville, Alabama, found the winning Mississippi Lottery Powerball ticket stashed in her glove box after buying it from a Sprint Mart in Corinth, Mississippi

Rachel Frye, from Michigan, woke up to find $2million (£1.6m) in her lottery account and thought it was a mistake - but it turned out she correctly guessed almost all of the winning numbers

A New York plumber who stashed his $2 Powerball ticket in his basement and forgot about it later found he had won the jackpot when his truck broke down and he needed some cash

Ashley Smith, from Madison County, Kentucky, had to convince her husband she really had won the jackpot after deciding to play an online lottery game after putting the kids to bed

The winner of a $1 million Powerball jackpot who purchased his ticket via a mobile app sparked controversy over the practice of purchasing lottery tickets in such a way

Edwin Castro won a record-breaking $2 billion on the Powerball which saw him purchase a luxury $25million home in the Hollywood Hills. But all the wealth needs security

J Refugio Gonzalez Almeida lives in Utah but regularly drives to Idaho to buy lottery tickets, however after one Mega Millions draw it took an entire month for him to return to realise he'd won big

A Tennessee couple made a strange appearance on the 'Today' show after winning a portion of a historic £1.2billion Powerball lottery jackpot in 2016. Now, a Florida resident is determining what to do with their winnings

The life-changing prize was the third largest in US lottery history and the largest-ever Mega Millions jackpot after the winning ticket was purchased at a Publix store in Neptune Beach, Florida

Crystal won big playing her own tactics with a $20 Monopoly 200X Scratch ticket bought at a store in Aurora and sshe plans to use the money to move closer to her sister

A lucky Brit could scoop a huge £14million jackpot in the EuroMillions draw tonight - but if you did not win this time, you can buy another ticket for Tuesday's draw

Set For Life gives winners of the top prize a total of £3.6million over three decades - which is £10,000 a month. Each ticket costs £1.50 per line and must be bought before sales close

A 82-year-old hotel worker who is a carer for her adult son has told how her lottery winnings were "held hostage" due to a benefits mix-up that almost denied her the jackpot

Tina Renee Johnson, from the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia State, scooped $100,000 after buying her ticket in her local 7-Eleven store on a family shopping trip