Did you buy a EuroMillions ticket in the Wirral, just before the opening ceremony of last years Olympic Games?

If you did, and still have that unchecked ticket lying around in a drawer somewhere – dig it out now.

Losing your job is one of the most stressful events life can throw at us.

Unless it’s followed closely by a $1 Million win on the lottery.

There are a few logical, sensible ways to improve your chances of joining the big winners lists.

Like choosing a decent game to play in the first place (nobody gets rich playing Pick 3 folks!).

There’s a big debate happening right now in the US about anonymity of lottery winners.

The lottery companies argue that it keeps everything transparent. It reassures people that nothing funny is going on if they can release details of the winners.

Fed up with low lifes coming into his music shop and demanding money, jumbo jackpot winner Adrian Bayford was forced to close up.

But he has now announced plans to take his music business online, and run a guitar repair workshop from the stables of his £6 Million mansion house.

Roger Whitehouse originally thought he had only won £8.20, but then he discovered he had actually got one of the 25 Millionaire Raffle numbers too.

And that turned his minimal win into one worth £1 Million.

Newlyweds Hassan Manafikhalesi and Debby Opper got the wedding present of their dreams thanks to a shock lottery win.

The couple had only just married, and Debby had bought a Mega Millions ticket whilst on the way to midnight mass.

The sad tale of lottery winner Urooj Khan sounds like the plot of an Agatha Christie novel.

He originally won $1 Million with a lottery scratch off ticket in July 2012.

The Florida Lottery is celebrating 25 years this month.

And as part of the celebrations they have just unveiled a new logo.

The pink flamingo has had some work done – well he is getting on now – and is a distinctly happier, smilier flamingo as a result.

A syndicate group of 19 lab technicians from Wiltshire have joined the list of 25 winners of the bonus Millionaire Raffle draw from New Years Day.