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.

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

MGM Resorts has scouted the world's biggest fish market as a potential site for the casino resort it wants to build in Japan.

The Auckland Council was an early supporter of Te Ururoa Flavell's Gambling Harm Reduction Bill and it saw the legislation as a toolkit.

Analysts appear to be satisfied with SkyCity Entertainment Group's performance, despite a drop in annual profit.

Winning the jackpot may not solve all your problems. Here are four instances where big feuds have occurred because of big wins.

SkyCity Entertainment Group profits have taken a big dive, its normalised net profit for the June 30 2014 year down 8.1 per cent to $123.1 million.

Significant news will emerge from SkyCity when its annual result is revealed this morning - what will it reveal about the $402m convention centre?

The last time billionaire James Packer bet on Las Vegas's casino industry he lost $1.5 billion, but he is having another punt on Sin City with a new venture.

The offending of a former Department of Internal Affairs worker left one of his victims worried that his family's citizenship bid was in danger.

Lotto players from Wellington and Bay of Plenty each took out a $1.5 million share of Lotto First Division in last night's draw.

The pachinko industry in Japan wants casinos, driven by attendance that has sunk more than 60 per cent since the mid-90s and an uncertain legal status.

A blackjack epiphany cured my anti-gambling crusade, writes Matt Heath.

Suspense during yesterday morning's Fifa World Cup match between Brazil and Chile proved too much for a Kiwi punter who bet $2000 in extra time on the losing side.

Almost half the adult population buys a ticket once a month - but what game gives you the best chance of winning?

When Luis Suarez scored the second goal for Uruguay to win 2-1 over England at the Fifa World Cup yesterday, the biggest sigh of relief may have come from a New Zealand punter.

One lucky punter went home $11,000 richer by betting big on the right scoreline of the opening game of the Fifa World Cup.

A winning Lotto ticket worth more than $13 million proved to be the perfect cure for its owner's migraine.

Lotto tickets printed on supermarket receipt paper have been found by lottery bosses to wear out faster than normal tickets.

An office worker who stole $1.1 million from a Canterbury family firm to fund a spiralling gambling addiction has lost an appeal against her jail sentence.

Choose your own numbers or leave it to the machine? With a cool $25 million up for grabs this weekend Lotto players can be forgiven for pausing over each step.

The TAB is offering its own free kick for next month's soccer World Cup - and the winner will net $5 million.