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A Māori-themed online gambling game has been withdrawn by its Czech creators after protests that it breached Māori intellectual property.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

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.

Lotto will be donating all profits from next Saturday's draw to the quake relief.

A photo of what appears to be the winning $44 million Lotto ticket circulating online is a fake, Lotto has confirmed.

More than two million Lotto tickets are expected to sell for tonight's record $44 million must-be-won Powerball draw.

The greatest horse race in the southern hemisphere slips into stride today at Flemington. Here's your online Melbourne Cup guide with a Kiwi flavour.

Offices around the country will grind to a standstill next Tuesday tomorrow at 5pm when the 156th Melbourne Cup kicks off over the

In the world's most opulent VIP gambling rooms, a murky world exists where super-rich high-rollers meet organised crime.

Casino company Sky City Entertainment said it was monitoring the situation in China after 18 employees at its competitor, Crown Resorts, were detained by authorities there last week.

Shares in casino company Sky City Entertainment were sold down today on concerns about the lucrative "high roller" VIP market following

Kiwi gamblers have poured $843 million into pokies - the "crack cocaine" of gambling in New Zealand - in the last year.

Maori Party co-leader and Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says he is sick and tired of attending tangi of Maori who have died as a result

A new house and car are on the cards for a Dunedin couple who won $13.3 million in Lotto, at what must be New Zealand's luckiest Lotto outlet.

COMMENT: The rise of sports gambling means more money for sporting bodies -- and more scope for match-fixing.

Businesses needs to recognise that when it's granted the right to operate, it has to accept the responsibilities of acting in a sustainable way.

He was a big star in the private equity world. Now, Andrew Caspersen is facing years in prison.

In a quest to maintain its footing, Maryland's largest casino is investing $200 million to add new amenities.

Pokie spending is rising at the fastest rate in five years as immigrants and tourists swell the coffers of pubs and clubs.

Kiwis have dropped from the fourth to sixth-biggest gamblers in the world.

As world gambling experts gather in Auckland this week, the biggest threat on their minds is now online betting.

Lotto tickets may give ray of hope, but there are free competitions, write Mary Holm.

New Zealanders are spending more again on the pokies but spending per person is static, despite better economic times.