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.

The SkyCity convention centre deal has returned to haunt the Government - and provoke new controversy. In the first of a two-part series, David Fisher investigates.

Police are hunting two men after busting what they believe was an illegal gambling den in one of Auckland's swankiest suburbs.

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

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.

What would you do if more than $100,000 suddenly appeared in your bank account? An Auckland man appeared in court yesterday over his ill-fated decision.

China's high-spending gamblers are looking to bet outside Macau amid a government assault on corruption and extravagance.

A Feilding couple were stunned to learn they'd won $7.2 million after checking their Lotto ticket during Saturday night's All Blacks-Springboks test match.

A south Auckland man pocketed a $20 million Lotto cashpot while his wife finished the grocery shopping.

It's been nearly five days, and still the winner of the fourth largest ever Big Wednesday First Division has yet to come forward.

More than $20 million dollars is still waiting to be collected by a Big Wednesday first division winner.

Someone is $20.2 million richer than they were yesterday after a Big Wednesday first division win last night -- but they might not even know it yet.

A Lotto player won more than $20 million in cash and prizes in last night's Big Wednesday draw.

A Lotto player has won more than $20 million in cash and prizes in tonight's Big Wednesday draw.