The alleged conman who carried out "bold frauds on a grand scale" says he is the victim.

The winner of Lotto Powerball's huge jackpot is yet to claim their prize, but the owner of the Invercargill shop it was bought in hopes they might come forward today.

New Zealand First MP Brendon Horan is under investigation, for allegedly dipping into his late mother's bank account.

The man at the centre of an alleged $3 million fraud case will discover his fate in two weeks.

Loizos Michaels convinced people to "think big" and believe in his investment plans - before he fleeced them of more than $3 million, a court has heard.

Te Puni Korkiri says it is happy with the performance of a Whanau Ora fund despite an evaluation which found $7.7 million has been distributed to families without the results being measured.

The former chief executive of Christchurch Casino had plans to take over SkyCity with backing from National Party president Peter Goodfellow, says an alleged conman.

What's protecting the pokie industry from reform is that it props up respectable New Zealand, writes Brian Rudman. Everything from grand opera to Girl Guides to pony clubs.

The mother who left her five children in a van in a SkyCity Casino carpark while she and her partner gambled hopes to become a social worker.

The question everyone is asking at Auckland City Hospital is: Who bought the $2 million Lotto ticket?

New Zealand's most popular sports have taken nearly $1 billion in gambling proceeds in the last seven years, records show.

Global cheating syndicates trying to swindle millions of dollars with hi-tech gadgets are responsible for some of the hundreds of crimes committed at SkyCity each year.

He's young, single, cares about the planet ... and he's $27 million richer than he was last week.

A Tauranga man in his twenties, who describes himself as a "typical Kiwi bloke", has today claimed the $27 million Big Wednesday First Division prize package.