Military training and gaffer tape came together for Matthew Packebush who was just revealed as a $1 Million Powerball winner from this weekends draw.

After discovering he had won, Matthews first thoughts were how to keep his quick pick ticket safe.

I know this really sets the conspiracy theorists ablaze, but I only mention it here just to reinforce that these things do happen. And they happen in a perfectly normal lottery game.

They did promise more rollovers for EuroMillions – and here they are.

Tuesday’s mega jackpot was not won, so now we have a crazy £126 Million draw approaching fast on Friday evening.

It just goes to show how critical it is to have an agreement in place.

This will get resolved, and the winners will get their money but they’re in for a painful delay and some expensive legal bills.

It’s been a very low key change to the EuroMillions rules, but it’s actually quite an important one.

And it makes the game better in my opinion.

I know there’s a new one every day, and this one is barely more plausible than most of them.

But people are falling for it.

So here goes another lottery scam warning.

Most players in the USA will now be aware that the 2012 changes to the Powerball have been put in place.

The marketing has been telling us all how the Powerball is now easier to win, because that’s what we wanted.

Wales is generally not the first place you think of as the home of pro cage fighting.

But that’s where new EuroMillions millionaire Gavin Davies lives, in Neath, South Wales.

Daniel Bruckner only played the Mega Millions occasionally. But with a headline jackpot of $206 Million he figured it was worth risking a few dollars.

The 35 year old financial analyst has now been revealed as the official sole jackpot winner of the Mega Millions draw for 27th December.

It must be every generation Y teenagers dream, to start life out by just casually winning the lottery.

The rest of us know that life just doesn’t come that easy.