James Driver played a video game 16 hours a day for two years. Now he's trying to help other addicts kick the habit.

A man used chewing gum to block poker machine cash slots before returning to pinch other people's jammed winnings.

Treating gambling addicts who commit crimes would be much cheaper than jailing them, and would reduce reoffending, says a New York judge.

An Otago man has turned a $10 bet into six figures, just a week after a man from a neighbouring town did exactly the same thing.

A $10 bet at the TAB has scored a $300,000 windfall for a Dunedin man who says he's too old to spend his winnings.

A couple from Taupo unwrapped a very generous present this Christmas when a Lotto ticket they received as a gift won them $1 million with Lotto First Division.

2013 was the year Britain lost its innocence in the fixing debate. A former Premier League player was filmed by an undercover reporter claiming he could arrange for players to be sent off in exchange for a $140,400 fee.

Queenslanders are frantically checking their lottery tickets as the hunt goes on for Australia's newest multi-millionaire - who is holding on to a ticket worth A$70m.

A bill paving the way for SkyCity's $402m convention centre has passed its final reading in Parliament, but Labour says they will not be bound by the 'shonky' deal.

25 years of betting on the Melbourne Cup has finally paid off for an Auckland fish shop worker who picked the first four horses over the finish line at Flemington.

Information about the harm caused by the SkyCity convention centre deal was withheld because it was considered commercially sensitive, official papers show.

A senior equities analyst has raised questions about Labour potentially scrapping SkyCity Entertainment Group's $402 million convention centre.

Australian and New Zealand expansion will transform SkyCity Entertainment Group into a very different business in five years, shareholders have been told.

Massey University ignored warnings a study analysing the benefits of pokie grants would produce flawed results that would be used by the gaming industry as a weapon in the debate over gaming reform.

A study published by the Lion Foundation which extols the benefits of funding community projects with gambling money is course work produced by a group of Massey commerce students.

Mayor Len Brown is trying to rewrite history over his support for the SkyCity pokies-convention centre deal, says mayoral challenger John Minto.

Last night's $33-million Lotto jackpot has earned one lucky ticket holder a fortune, while $22.6 million remains unclaimed from last week's Big Wednesday jackpot.

Five numbers - plus the crucial Powerball number four - was all it took for one person to take home last night's must-win $33 million jackpot.

Gaming trusts would be forced to return more pokie machine profits to sports teams and community groups under proposed gambling reforms.

Kiwi punters have jumped ship and are backing Oracle to win the America's Cup.

Lotto players are spending thousands in the hope of hitting a jackpot that could give them enough money to buy 150 new Lamborghini sports cars.

A Lotto-winning couple who struck it big with a $15.7 million jackpot earlier this year have some simple advice for anyone who wins tonight's enormous Powerball prize - get good financial advice and keep the win quiet.

Lotto Powerball has jackpotted again, meaning this week's draw will match the $27million mark struck by supermarket worker Trevor Cooper in April last year.

More Asian people will lose their jobs and businesses if the SkyCity convention centre deal goes ahead, MPs have been told.

The Government's convention centre deal with SkyCity could see the taxpayer saddled with millions in cost overruns before building even begins, claims Labour.

A former international sportsman who won multiple world championships for NZ, David stole nearly half a million dollars from his employer to fund his gambling addiction.

A combination of tighter regulation and a growing public unease about the negative social impact of gaming machines has sent the industry into a steady decline.

"Since I've stopped I've never had so much money in my pocket. The freezer is full. The pantry is full of food. I bake and I give it away. Things do come right."