François-Marie Arouet – better known as Voltaire – rose from humble beginnings to become one of the leading authors of the European Enlightenment, famed for works including Candide, Zadig and L’Ingénu. Heard of him? Lots of you will have. But what most people don’t know is that the great man was also a bit of a crook, who ingeniously gamed… Read more

A lottery player from the United States has won the largest lottery prize ever paid out to a single ticketholder. Powerball winner Mavis Wanczyk was the only entrant to hit the jackpot combination in the Wednesday night draw on August 23rd, which made her the sole recipient of the draw’s mammoth $758.7 million jackpot. Who is Mavis Wanczyk? Until last… Read more

We’ve just heard some amazing news from the United States, where a lottery player has reportedly bought his second major prize-winning scratchcard from the exact same cashier at the exact same store. Imagine getting two winning tickets from the same place! Join us as we tell the tale one of the weirdest lottery stories of the year. Our story takes… Read more

You’re never too old for a lottery win to change your life for the better! Just ask lucky World War II veteran Ervin Smolinski, who had just turned 94-years-old when he won a $300,000 lottery jackpot this March. Read the remarkable story of his life-changing win here. Ervin Smolinski of South Branch, Michigan was already remarkable. Now retired, Mr Smolinkski… Read more

Our mums always used to tell us to get under shelter when it rains – and it looks like they may have had a point! Join us as we tell the incredible tale of a lotto winner who won half a million, just because he was sheltering from the rain. A lottery player from Hamilton, New Zealand won a Lotto… Read more

Lucky charms come in all shapes, sizes… and flavours! Just ask Neal Damato – he puts his big lottery win down to a burger and a tin of soup. Damato stuck it rich in a drawing of New York Lottery’s instant win game, Set for Life, this February. A retired public safety supervisor, Neal won the draw’s top prize –… Read more

Whenever a person wins $1 million in a lottery draw, there’s reason to celebrate. But when you’re having a tough time financially, the sense of relief and jubilation you feel must be on another level altogether. One man who knows exactly how that feels would be the Australian lottery player who last month bagged a seven-figure jackpot just weeks after… Read more

Most of us find wealth fascinating, so it should come as no surprise that lottery winners commonly become famous after their jackpot wins. Some players prefer to stay anonymous, like these Chinese jackpot winners who cosplay to protect their identities – but others are more than happy to hit the red carpet after they win. Meet lotto’s most famous: jackpot… Read more

How much money would it take to change your life for the better? € 1 million? € 10 million? For most people, the answer is actually a far lower figure. We all know which lotteries to play if we’re aiming to win the biggest possible prizes, but where should we look if we want a better chance of a modest… Read more

How long would you keep working your job if you won a lottery jackpot? Not very long, if you’re anything like these guys. In this article, we’ll meet some of the many lotto winners who quit their jobs straight after becoming multimillionaires. We can’t say we blame them! This couple quit their jobs to travel the world When this British… Read more