All news on the topic: Lottery winners

A shocked lottery winner managed to scoop up a prize of $351,694 ( £280,000) after allowing a computer to randomly generate the chosen numbers for him

The Pasadena police are investigating Edwin Castro's 'stolen' Powerball lottery ticket as a petty theft since it was purchased for only $10 - and the investigation is still pending

71-year-old Johnnie Taylor from Queens has been named as the lucky winner who took home the record-setting prize after winning big on the New York Lottery's Mega Millions

He was just 23 when he won the huge sum back in 1996, becoming one of the earliest jackpot winners - and sporting long grey locks and a beard, the 50-year-old was seen this week on a golf course

A father and son duo who ran an elaborate $20million lottery fraud scheme have been jailed. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, cheated the IRS out of about $6 million, the US attorney's office in Boston said

Big lottery winners get their lives changed overnight but they still face tough decisions which they may not be in a position to handle - an expert walks people through tax and other hassles

Dale Culler was the plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) after an IT director named Eddie Tipton rigged the lottery computers

Scott Bradley won a share of the $207 million Mega Millions winning ticket purchased in a lotto pool by himself and other co-workers - however, four of their fellow employees were disgruntled at having missed out

Lerynne West of Dexter, Iowa is one of the two winners of the nearly $700million (£563.2million) Powerball prize, but will only get $140.6million (£113.1million)

EuroMillions winner Dave Dawes hit the headlines in 2011 when he and wife Angela won the £101m jackpot - and now spends his winnings funding his hobby at his estate in Kent

Winning the lottery is often seen as a dream come true but life can take unexpected turns after hitting the jackpot. Many winners have ended up living in more of a nightmare than a fantasy.

Timothy Schultz was working as a petrol station worker in the Midwest when he decided to purchase a lucky dip Powerball lottery ticket in 1999 - but his claim was soon disputed by an underage colleague

Edwin Castro won a record-breaking $2 billion on the Powerball which saw him purchase a luxury $25million home in the Hollywood Hills. Now he looks to spend his winnings on a fancy table

John Falcon,- who won $45 million (£35,5 million) in the New York Lotto jackpot back in 1999, shared a piece of advice for how he managed to hold on to the life-changing fortune

Edwin Castro won a huge record-breaking $2 billion on the Powerball - using his money to buy a vintage $250,000 Porsche as well as two multimillion dollar properties in California

A woman from Salisbury, Maryland, who works as a health worker and wanted to be identified as 'Momma Dukes' exclaimed 'Surprise!' when she won her third lottery prize on scratchcards

Sharon Tirabassi, 35, from Hamilton in Ontario splashed out on huge houses, fancy cars, designer clothes, lavish parties, exotic trips and paid out loans to friends and family

Serial sex offender Iorworth Hoare was serving life for a sex attack when he won in 2004 and has now been granted access to his fortune after 15-year legal battle

The man, from Alexandria, Virginia, bought 20 tickets with identical number combinations in what was described as a spur of the moment decision, ultimately winning him $100,000

Top US mathemetician Ryan 'Skip' Garibaldi broke down ways to increase your chances of winning the lottery in the US - whether with scratcher tickets, on the Powerball or the Megal Millions

A millionaire lottery winner has stunned his fans after winning the lottery for a third time. Reformed fraudster Kursat Yildirim has added a few more thousand to the £8.75 million he won in September last year

A husband who bought two lottery tickets after upsetting his wife miraculously won $2million after the for two identical tickets which scored $1million each in Dapto, just south of Wollongong, in Australia

Alex Gwynne, 28, Dan Phillips, 25, and Kyle Bowen, 25, won £1million on February 3. The three friends formed a syndicate while at college and are now making plans for the future after their huge win

Adrian Brayford, who scooped the £148 million jackpot in 2015, previously hosted the Cambridge Rock Festival in 2017 and is reportedly set to revive the event once more at his estate - but not everyone is happy

A lucky Brit has come forward to claim Wednesday's National Lottery £5.3million jackpot after matching the numbers 11, 13, 15, 23, 34, 39 and 9, with checks now being made