For a number of restaurant workers at Grissini’s, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey all their hopes and dreams momentarily came true when they thought they had won the American Powerball.

Four tickets from different states across the US have won the $295m Powerball jackpot.

All roads led to Connecticut from New York as lottery mania gripped the Big Apple a day before a £125m draw.

All roads led to Connecticut from New York as lottery mania gripped the Big Apple a day before a £125m draw.