All news on the topic: Lottery

There are two new millionaires in the UK who are unaware of it because they haven’t yet come forward to claim their winnings.

A woman in South Carolina was handed the wrong lottery ticket – and a more than $300,000 jackpot along with it.

A woman in Malaysia won over $1.4m in a lottery after betting on digits from a missed spam call.

Unclaimed winnings by thieves in Toulouse who purchased a scratchcard amid a legal debate over who receives the payout.

The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.

A group of Californians were the lucky winners of the historic Powerball lotto prize, it has now been revealed by lottery officials ahead of the next jackpot

There were no jackpot winners on either of Wednesday night's big National Lottery draws, including the £5.4million Lotto and £500,000 Thunderball prize

Lesley McNally from Salford landed the £166,666 sum on the People's Postcode Lottery after being hit by a tragedy - only to discover husband Garry had left behind a winning ticket

One lucky Brit ticketholder could become a multi-millionaire and see their lives changed forever if they scoop the EuroMillions jackpot of £62million in tonight's draw

It may be an unbelievable thought, but there is a small group of people out there who may not realise that they have actually won the lottery - at the moment, there are nine prizes left unclaimed

Marius Preda, who delivers pizzas for Papa John's, now plans to buy a house and go on holiday following the whopping windfall on the Best of the Best plc (BOTB) competition

Gerry Dragoonis, 65, won £400,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery and some of his plans include going out for a meal, heading to Spain for a holiday, and helping his family

Ibi Roncaioli won £3.9million on the lottery but was poisoned by her husband, Joseph Roncaioli, after secretly giving away a huge part of her fortune to a son he didn't know about

Gillian Bayford won a huge £148million jackpot in 2012 with her ex husband and has now kicked out her current hubby, Brian Deans, after he wasted millions of pounds

A Kentucky couple were devastated after losing a winning $50,000 lottery ticket, but then, in a stroke of luck, the pair found it again and were able to claim their prize

Kayleigh Burnett was one of nine residents on Campden Crescent in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, to win one of the biggest jackpots in the People's Postcode Lottery

Environmental chemist Nathan Dean of Virginia shocked his wife with amazing news: he won a $100,000(£79,255) lottery jackpot 12 years after he won a smaller, but hefty, lump sum of cash. His partner couldn't believe it

The National Lottery has revealed a lucky player has scooped its massive £15million prize this evening after matching all the numbers in tonight's draw

People's Postcode Lottery drew the DN35 code this week - which belongs to the seaside town of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, where residents couldn't believe their luck

Lottery players stand to win the eighth-largest jackpot in history as two huge Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are up for grabs this weekend in Illinois

A lottery winner, from the US state of North Carolina, revealed the key reason it took her 131 days to claim her $878million jackpot prize after she purchased the winning ticket in Greenville

Colt resident Randall Morgan became a millionaire after winning a $1 million lottery prize from the February 21 Powerball drawing at Flash Market in Forrest City

One lucky Brit could scoop the life-changing Set for Life draw, which guarantees them a whopping £10,000 in their bank account every single month for the next 30 years

A lottery player in Germany who thought they had won £30million fortune was told they had in fact won half of that as someone in Sweden also picked the same numbers