Bill Traynor made his daily stop at the Valentine Nice N Easy in Bradley Street about 5:30am as usual on 4th March.

He bought his usual cup of coffee and added a $5 Lucky Tables scratch off lottery ticket.

When times get tough, selling one of your grandchildren is not often the solution.

Patti Bigbee, 46, of Holly Hill, Florida appears in court today charged with illegal sale or surrender of a child, together with her daughter and boyfriend.

It was better late than never for Toronto resident Christos Rados on Saturday.

Christos knew he had hit the jackpot as soon as the numbers came out.

Remember last weeks UK Lotto triple rollover?

Well we now know who won it. And hard-up truck driver Matthew Breach is the lucky sole winner of the entire sum.

When you win a big prize in New Zealand, the lottery company provide you with a very helpful winners brochure.

It doesn’t tell you what to do with your money, but has some very sensible advice on how to avoid blowing it all!

It might not conjure up images of the most glamorous  millionaire lifestyles, but this Lincolnshire syndicate are happy enough with their new homes.

John Bell and his wife Chris, together with 3 colleagues at the Moy Park food plant in Sleaford made up the 5 strong group.

Workers at the Land Rover factory in Solihull, West Midlands could not believe their luck when their winnings numbers were drawn.

Unfortunately they didn’t have a ticket for the draw.

Us lottery players are a strange bunch.

The Mirror reports the results of a survey into what we do to keep our lottery tickets safe.

7% of people surveyed would keep a winning ticket under their mattress.

Things have got pretty exciting on the UK Lotto this week.

As the UK Lotto is a 6 from 49 game, the odds are much better than a lot of lottery games – so rollovers are much rarer.

Ines Carvajal from Kissimmee was revealed as the winner of the massive $182.1 MillionPowerball jackpot, drawn on the 26th February.

The winning ticket was bought at Publix, 2340 Fortune Road in Kissimmee.