Big Wednesday: Where were the winning tickets bought?

Big Wednesday winners. Photo / Supplied

The final Big Wednesday draw took place last night and 209 lucky players are collecting a tidy little windfall of $87,272 each.

As there were no First Division winners, the entire $15 million jackpot rolled down to the Third Division, which was the next highest division with winners.

"We've never had this many winners of a First Division jackpot before," said Lotto NZ spokeswoman Emilia Mazur.

"There's a real buzz in the air today with everyone heading in-store to collect their prizes."

Big Wednesday has finished to make way for Lotto, Powerball and Strike to be played on Wednesday as well as Saturday from next Wednesday, 7 October.

Lotto NZ's advice for all of this week's Big Wednesday winners is to write their name and address on the back of their ticket and confirm their win at their local Lotto store.

The winning stores and locations

Hikurangi
• Hikurangi Four Square

Whangarei
• Corner Cardz N Magz (x2)
• Meadow Park Store (x2)
• Ngunguru Food Mart

Warkworth
• Countdown (x2)

Orewa
• Countdown Orewa (x2)
• Orewa Lotto Plus (x2)

Auckland
• Albany Pak N Save
• Birkenhead Superette and Lotto
• Calliope Superette (x2)
• Cloud 9 Convenience (x4)
• Countdown Lynfield
• Countdown Manukau City Mall
• Countdown Manurewa (x2)
• Eastridge Lotto (x2)
• Esplanade Foodmarket
• Kepa Road Superette (x2)
• Neal's Superette (x2)
• New World Albany (x2)
• Northcross Pricecutter and Lotto
• Onehunga Office Supplies (x2)
• Orakei Mini Mart (x2)
• Pak n Save Botany (x2)
• Pak N Save Glen Innes (x2)
• Pak N Save Lincoln Road (x2)
• Pak N Save Mangere (x2)
• Palm Superette (x2)
• Papatoetoe Plaza Lotto (x2)
• Paper Plus Highland Park
• Pt Chevalier Lotto Plus (x2)
• Rata Vine Foodmarket
• Seville Superette (x2)
• Victoria Park New World (x2)
• Vine Street Supa Discounter (x2)
• Willy Wonka (x2)

Ngaruawahia
• Pharos Postshop Stationers & Lotto

Te Aroha
• Te Aroha Supermarket (x2)

Morrinsville
• Paper Plus Morrinsville (x2)

Matamata
• Paper Plus Matamata (x2)

Port Waikato
• Port Waikato Store & Post Centre (x2)

Hamilton
• Chartwell Lotto (x2)
• Eastside Mags and More (x2)

Te Awamutu
• Pak n Save Te Awamutu (x4)

Whangamata
• New World Whangamata (x2)

Tauranga
• Maungatapu Stationers (x2)

Mount Maunganui
• Bayfair Lotto

Ohope
• Ohope Four Square (x2)

Gisborne
• Ideal Store
• Elgin Four Square (x2)

Kawerau
• Ballantrae Four Square (x2)
• Taneatua Fuelstop (x2)

Napier
• Andrew Spence Pharmacy

Havelock North
• Take Note Havelock North (x2)

Taihape
• New World Taihape (x2)

New Plymouth
• Westown Lotto (x2)
• Flagstaff Foodcentre
• Fitzroy Lotto & Mags (x2)
• Countdown Spotswood (x2)
• Inglewood Bookcentre (x2)

Palmerston North
• Vogel Street Pharmacy
• Pioneer New World (x3)
• Melody's New World
• Inner City Post & Lotto (x2)

Levin
• Levin Lucky Lotto
• Levin Mall Lotto (x2)

Masterton
• Solway Four Square (x2)

Paraparaumu
• Coastlands Lotto (x6)

Porirua
• Waitangirua Four Square (x2)
• Paper Plus North City (x2)
• North City Lotto (x2)

Lower Hutt
• BP Taita
• Pak N Save Lower Hutt (x2)
• Waterloo Lotto and Giftshop (x2)
• Pak N Save Petone (x2)

Upper Hutt
• Trentham Four Square (x2)

Wellington
• Hataitai Four Square (x2)
• Relay - 103 Arrivals (x2)
• Countdown Kilbirnie (x2)

Cheviot
• Cheviot Hardware

Nelson
• Richmond Night N Day (x2)

Greymouth
• Countdown Greymouth (x2)

Kaiapoi
• Take Note Kaiapoi (x2)

Christchurch
• Countdown Ferrymead
• Countdown Northlands (x2)
• Countdown Hornby (x4)
• Hornby Mall Lotto (x4)
• Lotto and Wild Thingz (x4)
• Michaels Discounter (x2)
• Stanmore New World (x2)
• Wainoni Pak N Save (x2)

Temuka
• Temuka New World (x2)

Dunedin
• Newtone Drycleaners (x2)
• Countdown Andersons Bay (x2)

Ashburton
• Ashburton New World (x2)

Invercargill
• Otatara Four Square (x2)

MyLotto
• MyLotto.co.nz (x25)