Have you ever said ‘no’ to the office lottery pool?

After reading this, you’ll probably be throwing your money at them next time they ask.

If you live in New Zealand you’ll probably already know about the lucky lotto dog advert (is he called Wilson?).

But if not you’ll enjoy this bittersweet lottery winners tale of the NZ lotto dog:

Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren still buys a lottery ticket every now and again.

But she does wait for the jackpot to get big first:

When the lottery gets big, up to $50million, I buy a ticket because maybe I will win.

It’s normal to donate a little something when the church collection plate goes round.

But the 55 year old pastor of a struggling Baltimore church was surprised to find a $3 scratch card amongst the donations on Sunday.

Amanda Lawing, 26, used to be a store clerk at The Kangaroo Express in Denver.

But not any more, as she was charged with ‘felony larceny’ for allegedly stealing lottery tickets from her place of work.

Kay Mellor’s new project ‘The Syndicate’ looks set to be a ‘winner’ from the start.

The popular writer of hit TV series such as ‘Fat Friends’, ‘Band of Gold’ and ‘A Passionate Woman’ has turned her typewriter to the subject of lottery syndicate winners.

We can confirm Friday night’s $319 Million Mega Millions jackpot has been won.

A single ticket claimed the whole prize. And it was bought from Coulson’s News in Albany, New York.

Irvin Przyborski was doing his taxes when he came across an old lottery ticket amongst the papers.

The ticket was bought back in March 2010, but he checked the numbers just in case.

EuroMillions have just announced a new Tuesday draw will be added from May this year.

This second weekly draw will be in addition to the Saturday draw.

Carol Leonard probably forgives her husband for being an unimaginative present buyer.

Carol, 64, bought a $5 “Millionaire Madness” scratch card using money she received inside her Valentines Day card from husband Bruce.