Better late than never for Canada lottery winners
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A group of Canadian co-workers will finally receive C$5.75 million ($5.75 million) in prize money, three years after their winning lottery ticket was allegedly stolen and cashed in by a retailer.
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Six years of betting on the same lottery numbers has finally paid off for a Malaysian businessman who won 2 million ringgit (285,000 pounds).
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Rolling the dice at a craps table or wagering a paycheck playing poker may not be the most rational use of money, but one casino operator is hoping investors will find its stock a better bet.
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A Yucaipa woman won 27 million dollars this week in the California lottery. Friends of the winner say it couldn&#39;t have happened to a more deserving person.
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Tonight's the night if you want to win the world's biggest ever lottery prize of Â£95m
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The NI holder of a Â£7m National Lottery winning ticket fails to claim their prize as the deadline passes.
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Maybe now isn't such a bad time to get cash from your home.
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You can find tomorrow's winners today.
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A recent study gives good reason to postpone your next trip to Vegas or Foxwoods Casino for another 45 years. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have found that older adults who gamble
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Canadaâs merit-based immigration system has helped it compete for highly educated workers but has created waits of four years or more for immigrants.
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For years, Nilder Santos and his family had been hoping to win the most prized lottery in Cuba. But each time it was held, the 25-year-old dancer and his parents were heartbroken when their names didn't appear on the list of the lucky ones allowed to leave the poverty of their communist nation to chase the American dream.
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A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history. "I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southern drawl. The other winning ticket in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at a liquor store in New Jersey, and the holder did not immediately come forward.
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When most people rummage through their kitchen drawers, they rarely uncover anything more exciting than a mislaid knife. Joanne and David Austin, however, found a lottery ticket that made them rich.
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Italians have played lottery games for centuries. Now the state-run business is ported to the web to save a trip to the cafe to buy tickets, but that doesn't mean it's easier to play. Nicole Martinelli reports from Milan.
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Are you prepared to win the lottery? Jackpots can end badly.
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When Ralph Klein fled from a first ministers&#39; dinner to a nearby casino he traded a sure bet for odds that ultimately ensure losers outnumber winners.
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In his darkest moments, Jack Whittaker has sometimes wondered if winning the nearly $315 million Powerball game was really worth it.