Nobody won Powerball tonight, so the prize has grown to $15 million.

The winning ticket was bought at Springlands Countdown.

The last person has been sentenced, after a $6.9m Marlborough racing fraud.

An English grandfather has won big in poker contest after only ever playing for fun.

A lucky punter from Tauranga has won a whopping $10.3 million in tonight's Lotto draw.

Players in Palmerston North and Christchurch have won Lotto's First Division tonight.

A complaint against Lotto's Mother's Day TV ad has been upheld.

Living in New Zealand has been a long-time ambition for Graeme Stephens.

Three men have been found guilty of a multi-million dollar fraud involving pokie machines.

A lucky Hamilton punter has won a cool $1 million tonight.

The winning lotto ticket was one cold night away from being burnt.

The winning tickets were sold in Auckland and Carterton.

Three winners split $1m in tonight's first division Lotto win.

A hostage situation unfolded in front of pedestrians on a busy street in Indonesia.

'Excited' city dweller now $333,333 richer after three winning tickets sold locally.

Hawke's Bay man "didn't know that he had won big", says store owner.

Winning $1m Lotto ticket sold at Levin New World.

Lotto says any MyLotto users who have visited the scam site should change their login.

The prize was made up of $6m from Powerball first division and $500,000 from Lotto first division.

Parliament will this week debate whether domestic violence victims should get extra paid leave, as the Women's Refuge presents new research.

More and bigger prizes are promised, but a wager will also cost more.

Casinos had the largest increase in gambling, new figures show.

A Māori-themed online gambling game has been withdrawn by its Czech creators after protests that it breached Māori intellectual property.

The number 13 appeared to be a lucky sign for Lotto players last year.

One lucky Kiwi will start 2017 a million dollars richer.

COMMENT: Most people who play Lotto have at least some kind of intuitive understanding they are probably not going to hit the jackpot.

A Government decision to cut funding to New Zealand's biggest problem gambling programme has been backed by the Court of Appeal.

The "lucky 14" who won a A$40 million jackpot in a workplace syndicate have had a cheeky celebration after a colleague lost his bid for a share in the prize.

The gambling records of a casino VIP led police to find a familiar name written on a piece of paper which changed the course of the investigation.