Two couples have recently won lots of money on the lottery, in the UK and in Canada. But the winners are down to earth people who are happy with their lives and don't have any immediate plans to spend, spend, spend.

Would you like to play more lottery lines per year without increasing your overall expenditure? If your answer to this question is yes, here are a number of ways to boost your lottery budget by making very tiny changes in other areas of life that you probably won’t even notice....

A lottery player from Darlington has won a jackpot worth more than £2.7 million. Mark Weir, who is 45, matched all six winning numbers of 2, 23, 38, 41, 47 and 49 in the Lotto draw on Wednesday 21 May, 20008.

Playing multiple lines in a lottery is a great way of increasing your chances of winning, and the more lines you play, the more chances you have of winning. Even if you compare playing 1 line twice a week for a year with playing 104 lines in a single draw once a year, the latter option would give you a better chance even though the overall cost of tickets would be the same.

A Lotto win of £1,477,059 will help a couple who have just had their wedding to enjoy marital life free of financial strain. Martin and Hannah Adamson, who got married on Sunday 4 May near Plymouth, matched all six main numbers in the draw on Saturday 10 May to win a third share of the £4,431,177 jackpot.

Lucky numbers are interesting because, although there is no scientific evidence that there is any such thing, even some of the most rational and logical people will consider one or more numbers to be of greater significance than others. Why is this, and what makes luck numbers so appealing?

A lottery syndicate of barrister clerks has won £82,379 by matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw of Saturday 3 May. The London syndicate has fourteen members, so each one will be receiving around £5,884.

Lotto software plays an important role in UK Lotto games and also in the way that many players choose their numbers. Although most people never think of the software at work behind the scenes, this article explains why it is so vital in the smooth-running of modern lotteries.

A Serious Cash scratchcard has delivered a top prize of £80,000 to a nurse from Wolstanton in Staffordshire. Sandra Locke, who is 49 and works at a general practitioner’s surgery in Stoke, scratched the card bought by her partner Mike, and screamed with delight when it turned out to be a big winner.