As if the odds of winning once weren't high enough - one man has managed to defy them twice.
A woman from Toronto scooped a $60 million jackpot with numbers picked from the unlikeliest of sources.
South Africa's national lottery has come under scrutiny after a perfect progression of numbers was drawn.
One fortunate Colorado resident couldn't believe his luck when he managed to scoop two consecutive jackpots.
Mathematics researchers in Denmark have finally solved a riddle first put forward all the way back in 1969.
19-year-old Rosa Dominguez struck it rich, not once, but twice after buying two $5 tickets back in June.
A new paper has suggested using a lottery and savings bond as a way to fund the search for alien life.
Douglas and Barbara Fink, who are from Canada, have won the lottery three times in the last 28 years.
A husband and wife from the UK missed out on the lottery jackpot despite matching all six numbers.
A restaurant owner is being forced to share his winnings with a waiter who predicted that he would win.
Clairvoyant Beti Schulz has retired after her lottery numbers netted an impressive £2.2 million jackpot.
Psychic Ocean Kinge says she predicted her big win on the lottery several months in advance.