A $9.1 million winning Lotto ticket which was sold in Northcote remains unclaimed this morning.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has resolved car parking issues at its big Adelaide casino, restaurant and bar redevelopment.

Half of all inspections of pubs and clubs with pokie machines identify breaches or non-compliance with the law.

John Key has had a serious slap, writes Fran O'Sullivan. He underestimated the public's tolerance to be politically played by him. So where does it go from now?

SkyCity is no longer seeking a government contribution to build its controversial convention centre. Do you agree with the backdown?

Auckland’s controversial convention centre may end up 10 per cent smaller than previously envisioned following a backdown from SkyCity.

The timeline leading up to the development of SkyCity's controversial convention centre.

A struggling 26-year-old mother of four in North Carolina has won the winning powerball ticket for US$188 million ($252 million).

ICC said officials seized a man providing information to an offshore betting syndicate during the Black Caps' emphatic win over Sri Lanka at Christchurch's Hagley Oval last night.

Pretty much everyone (oh, all right, except Mike Hosking) had a casino-themed metaphor for why taxpayers shouldn't cover the centre's bloated budget, writes Toby Manhire.

To hook young visitors back into casinos, the kings of Vegas are betting on a new strategy: making gambling look like a video game.

A stalwart of the racing industry among those facing claims of a $30 million pokie fraud has spoken of the sport being starved of cash.

A former chairman of Harness Racing NZ and three others have been charged over an alleged $30m pokie fraud, in the biggest case ever of its kind outside of a casino.

An American lottery employee has been arrested in the latest twist of the strange case of an unclaimed US$14.4 million ($18.48 million) lottery jackpot.

We show you how SkyCity's new convention centre would look in central Auckland, as details are revealed for the first time in its resource consent applications.

A lucky Pukekohe punter celebrated the New Year last night by winning $10 million with Lotto's Powerball First Division.

A Government proposal that ratepayers help cover a potential $130m blowout in the cost of SkyCity’s new convention centre is going down poorly with several councillors.

SkyCity chief executive Nigel Morrison yesterday also confirmed his company wants a taxpayer-funded top-up and was willing to walk away from the deal if it doesn't get it.

It was a sting operation - but Internal Affairs is disappointed just one gambling venue out of 102 stopped their fake addict from gambling.

An Auckland grandmother who gambled away nearly $200,000 she stole from her employer will not go to jail.

When a bank teller accidentally transferred $140,000 into the account of an Auckland chef, "temptation proved too much".

The mystery fault that saw a Powerball machine fail to spit out the winning ball in a live TV draw has been identified - but Lotto won't say what the problem was.

A technical snarl hit the Lotto Powerball machine live on air last night with $9m at stake. The televised draw turned to farce when the Powerball machine refused to spit out a winning ball.

One Lotto player is $1 million richer after winning First Division with a ticket bought in Auckland.

The number of people seeking help for gambling problems has hit an all-time high but that is being hailed as a sign that those in need are better accessing services.