21 months ago, Bay Roberts resident Wayne Hiltz was struggling to put food on the table.  He used to live in a leaky home and rode around in a bicycle he assembled from spares. 

The latest syndicate to post a significant lottery win is composed of 17 mortgage advisers from a Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage office in Greenock.

Their win can be attributed to regularly playing as a syndicate since 2009. 

Many lottery winners attribute their success to  their commitment to play regularly; and they may be right.  But in the case of Gregory Nikolopoulos, it may be craving for nachos which lead him to a $50 million Lottomax jackpot.

A woman cleaning her home won enough to clear her debts, and a couple must not have been expecting to win much so they erroneously thought they won a smaller amount.

Lottery players are using significant dates, rabbits’ feet, dreams, fortune cookies and horoscopes to find the lucky combination which will bring them riches.  Odd as it may seem lorry driver Stephen Chick tried playing the numbers on the plates of trucks he was driving behind, and won!

Many people play the lottery without really expecting to win very much.  A winner from Northern Kentucky proves that again.

Patricia Pearson won $4 from an old lottery ticket, and used that to buy a few Powerball tickets. 

In one sense Randall Rush is like every other lottery player; he had speculated what he would do if he ever won the lottery, but was overwhelmed when he finally did. 

Bill and Stella North won a sizable amount from the lottery but an error made them think the win was a lot smaller.

Stella bought National Lottery tickets and asked her son to check the result online on the night of the draw. 

Sometimes people win lottery jackpots due to a sequence of events that seem to lead them to riches.  That seems to be the case for a lady named Pat Pearson.

What Makes A Winner?

Until just a few weeks ago, Harold Diamond and his wife Carol were your average retirees. Harold retired as Principal of the George L.