A man accused of hiding lottery winnings of $30 million Canadian dollars from his ex-wife strikes a deal to pay her a share of the prize. Nynna Ionson, a former stripper who is now a single mother of four living on social assistance, sued for half of the jackpot, claiming she was still romantically linked to Ray Sobeski when he won one of Canada's single biggest lottery jackpots.

An elderly woman was so afraid of being scammed that she almost turned away a large sum of money. A lottery company enlisted the police to convince her that she won the jackpot, according to local police.

The lottery billed as the world's richest is bigger than ever this year, with prize money totaling $2. 4 billion. The Spanish Christmas sweepstakes is known as El Gordo, or the fat one. Winners will be announced this week in a three-hour televised ceremony with all of Spain watching. It's estimated that three out of every four Spaniards buy tickets. Instead of a single jackpot, El Gordo uses a system that results in thousands of winning numbers. Prizes range from a ticket's face value all the way up to the first prize. Though the event goes back to 1812, this year's version brings a big changes - most notably, first-prize winnings are 50 percent higher -- or about $360,000 each.

After hearing a June 8 Lotto drawing had a $4. 6 million unclaimed prize, a couple decides to check their own stash of lottery tickets. Richard and Leslie Crosby went through their unchecked tickets and found the winning ticket, verifying it at 11:17 p. m. , less than an hour before the prize payout was set to expire.

Two Oregon couples are the winners of the second-biggest jackpot in U. S. lottery history: $340 million. Lottery officials confirm Steve West, his wife, Carolyn, and his in-laws, Bob and Frances Chaney, are the owners of the winning ticket in the Oct. 19 Powerball drawing.