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A retiree who has been feeling down lately has received the news she has won $100,000 from last night's Lucky Lotteries draw.

A Sydney man is ready to retire early after winning $30 million in Tuesday's Oz Lotto draw.

A mystery NSW resident has become a multi-millionaire after they won the entire $30 million lotto jackpot.

The person who bought the ticket has yet to come forward and has one year to do so.

A woman who won the entire $60 million in last night's Powerball draw will donate to several charities close to her heart.

The winning ticket for a lotto draw was sold at a BP in Adelaide last week.

A Canberra resident or visitor is $1 million richer and they don't know it yet.

Australia is home to 10 new multi-millionaires after a NSW syndicate claimed the $40 million Powerball jackpot.

New data from The Lott has revealed the supposedly luckiest postcodes for scratchies in the past financial year.

The player was stunned to receive the official call, saying the money would be "life-changing" to her family.

A rainbow pointed the way to Lotto's pot of gold on Thursday morning, shining down on the New Zealand supermarket where the year's biggest Powerball was struck.

The prize marks the third biggest win in US history.

Ten people are now $5 million richer after two tickets won the $100 million Powerball jackpot.

The pot has hit $100 million after the previous five Powerball draws landed no division one winners.

In one particular recording, a woman can be heard screaming as the incredible news that she'd one a million dollars was broken to her.

The mum said she would pay off her house so she could focus on getting her children set up and "giving them opportunities".

A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.59 billion, the sixth largest in US history and the third largest in the history of the game.

A lucky player has scooped $20m on the Oz lotto.

The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1414 were 22, 3, 5, 23, 4, 14 and 6. The Powerball number was 17.

After nearly 10 years of playing the same lottery number combination, a $50,000 payday has finally arrived for a man in the US, lottery officials said.

The hardworking dad had just finished an early morning shift when he received the call that changed his life.

After winning $40 million on Lotto, a Queensland man has fulfilled his dream of owning a racehorse - and is now standing to win even more money.

Ali Jaafar, 63, was sentenced to five years in prison while his 29-year-old son Yousef Jaafar was sentenced to four years and two months in prison.

Winning the lottery is everyone's dream and here are some lucky people who have scored big around the world.

A Sydney retiree thought she was being scammed when lottery officials called to tell her she'd won $4.8 million.

The Lake Macquarie resident came forward to claim her win yesterday morning for the division one winning entry, which was drawn nationally on July 12, 2021.

The Sydney man said he checked his ticket "every 10 minutes" after finding out he'd won the entire division one share of last night's Powerball draw.

Officials say it's possible someone in NSW went to bed completely unaware they won tonight's entire $30 million Powerball jackpot.

She claimed a "technical issue" affected the value of her prize money.

A South Australian man has won $10 million playing his favourite numbers after buying a ticket at the newsagency he's been going to for over six years.

The pair "nearly passed out" after they won $1 million through two separate tickets in the Monday and Wednesday draw all thanks to a husband's guilt.

A couple have found out they have won $20 million while on the school run - but still went to work.

A single player took out the entirety of last night's entire Powerball jackpot, instantly earning them a grand total of $40 million.

The winner had been a mystery, and remains a mystery.

A Victorian woman thought she was being scammed when she first saw that she had won a $40 million lotto jackpot, but now she's ready to toss in her job.

The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot - now taking home the fourth largest lotto prize in US history.

The woman from Wodonga couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the winning numbers on her computer screen.

The US Mega Millions prize has grown again to an estimated US$1.35 billion ($1.95 billion) after there was no winner of the lottery's latest giant jackpot.

While the prize has now been claimed the lucky punter's identity will remain a mystery to the public.

A mum and two dads are entering 2023 $33 million richer, with the third mystery winner revealed to be a father from Canterbury.

The mid north coast resident held the only division one winning entry nationally, which was drawn on Thursday.

The mystery person from the NSW Mid North Coast was the only division one winner in Thursday night's Powerball draw, taking home the entire jackpot.

One Victoria woman's car-trash turned out to be treasure, as she found an unclaimed lottery ticket worth $580,000.

A lone winning ticket for the record US$2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in Altadena, California, lottery officials have announced, making the lucky ticket holder the winner of the largest lottery prize ever.

Monday night's estimated $2.9 billion Powerball jackpot is nearly $617 million larger than the previous record jackpot and will keep growing until someone finally wins the prize.

A record Powerball jackpot in the USA grew to an even larger $1.9 billion ($2.94b) after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night.

Australians who won a 'Green Card' which allows them to live and work in the USA, share the benefits - and downsides.

US residents are gearing up for Wednesday night’s estimated $US1.2 billion ($1.89 billion) Powerball jackpot.

A New South Wales man's life has transformed in an instant after he discovered he was the lucky winner of a $20 million Lotto draw.

A Western Australian man who won a share in largest lottery prize in Australian history as a part of a syndicate said the group had never played before.