He could have jumped straight to the fast car and the big house.

But £1.6 Million lottery winner Neil Baker’s first thought was to finally take the trip to honour the grave of his great-grandfather who died in service during the Great War.

It may have been an unofficial agreement, and was never placed in writing. But Eula Webb and Sam Cricci are not greedy people, and are more than appreciative of the $1 Million they find themselves sharing.

Kevin Russell normally only buys Powerball or Hot Lotto tickets. But a pushy sales clerk at ‘On The Fly’ encouraged him to spend an extra $5 on a ticket for the Idaho Lottery Wild Card draw.

The mystery couple bought their ticket in Nenagh, County Tipperary, at Cleary’s Garage on the Limerick Road.

But Cleary’s were not telling who the mystery couple are, other than to say they were from the Mid West of Ireland.

It’s not often you hear about the hard working store owners that we buy our tickets from.

You know, the folks who work 12 hour days selling us everything from newspapers to chocolate bars.

An all girl syndicate of 16 cleaners from Egglescliffe Comprehensive in County Durham shared the UK Lotto jackpot on Saturday.

The jackpot had rolled over to a massive £16,366,436.

There was extra singing in the Rhondda Valley this Saturday, to the tune of £4,091,609.

A syndicate of rugby loving fans from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales just hit the UK Lotto jackpot, with a £1 lucky dip ticket.

Lajos Szanto won $1,818,181.82 on the Australian lottery. But sadly died the very next day.

Unfortunately the four children he leaves behind are now fighting in court over who gets the cash.

Now normally this would seem a pretty daft thing to do, but a car salesman in Woodbridge, Virginia would strongly disagree.

The unnamed man, who worked at the ‘Lustine Chrysler Jeep Dodge’ dealership in Woodbridge, bought 10 tickets for the Virginia Cash 5 game.

Friday night just saw the creation of a whole bunch of new millionaires with the Canada Lotto Max draw.

The jackpot had reached $90 Million, which under the MaxMillions rules means a maximum jackpot of $50 Million for the main draw.