Britain Lottery

A woman in the UK has come forward as the potential winner of an unclaimed 33-million-pound lottery ticket bought from the shop of an Indian-origin man - but said her ticket has been destroyed in the washing machine.

Britain's biggest-ever national lottery win was shared by two players, organisers said on Saturday after huge numbers of tickets were sold for the 66 million pound ($96 million) tax-free jackpot.

A Scottish couple who won the lottery have donated at least 3 million pounds ($5 million) of their winnings to the campaign for an independent Scotland, making them Britain's biggest political donors, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The mystery holder of a lottery ticket bought in Britain worth nearly 64 million pounds ($103 million, 79 million euros) had just hours left on Wednesday to claim the prize before it was handed to charity.

A Scottish couple out of work due to ill health were revealed Friday as Europe's biggest ever lottery winners, scooping 185 million euros in the EuroMillions jackpot.

A Briton who became bored after he gave up his job following his nine-million pound lottery win has drunk himself to death, a media report said Monday.Keith Gough, 58, was thought to be penniless when he died in March after suffering a heart attack brought on by drinking and stress, Daily Mail reported on its website.But Gough, father of two, had a...

A woman in the UK has come forward as the potential winner of an unclaimed 33-million-pound lottery ticket bought from the shop of an Indian-origin man - but said her ticket has been destroyed in the washing machine.

Britain's biggest-ever national lottery win was shared by two players, organisers said on Saturday after huge numbers of tickets were sold for the 66 million pound ($96 million) tax-free jackpot.

A Scottish couple who won the lottery have donated at least 3 million pounds ($5 million) of their winnings to the campaign for an independent Scotland, making them Britain's biggest political donors, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The mystery holder of a lottery ticket bought in Britain worth nearly 64 million pounds ($103 million, 79 million euros) had just hours left on Wednesday to claim the prize before it was handed to charity.

A Scottish couple out of work due to ill health were revealed Friday as Europe's biggest ever lottery winners, scooping 185 million euros in the EuroMillions jackpot.

A Briton who became bored after he gave up his job following his nine-million pound lottery win has drunk himself to death, a media report said Monday.Keith Gough, 58, was thought to be penniless when he died in March after suffering a heart attack brought on by drinking and stress, Daily Mail reported on its website.But Gough, father of two, had a...