The winning tickets were sold at Andrew Spence Pharmacy in Napier, Pak’nSave Upper Hutt in Upper Hutt, and on MyLotto to a player from Auckland.
Strike Four also rolled over on Saturday and will be $500,000 tonight.
Tonight’s draw comes around a month after a family on Auckland’s North Shore claimed the $30.2m they won in Lotto’s Powerball draw.
Four months ago, another lucky Aucklander equalled the biggest single-player prize in New Zealand Lotto history, winning $44m.
The total prize they won from the ticket they bought on MyLotto was $44,066,667, which included a one-15th share of the Division One prize.
Meanwhile, in June, a record $50m Powerball jackpot was split between seven people, netting them each $7.1m.
It took almost a month for the final winner to come forward and collect their portion of the winnings.
Lotto NZ’s Christmas promotion kicked off on Sunday, with $6 million in extra prizes to be won.
One prize of $1 million and 100 prizes of $50,000 are up for grabs, with all Triple Dip tickets bought between Sunday, December 8 and Saturday, December 28 set to be in the draw with a chance to win.
Lotto NZ said it took responsible gambling seriously and reminded customers gifting its products as presents over the Christmas period to only gift them to adults.
What to do if you win
Ticket holders can see immediately if they have won if they purchased a ticket through MyLotto. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the account.
For prizes of more than $1000, winners have to fill in an online prize form.
Results are available immediately after the live draws on TVNZ 1, which take place on Wednesday and Saturday.
They can also be found through the MyLotto app, online at www.mylotto.co.nz, at Lotto NZ retailers and on nzherald.co.nz.
Winners with a physical ticket must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.
For the Powerball jackpot to be claimed, a ticket holder must get all six Lotto numbers correct as well as the added Powerball number.
If the jackpot is not claimed, it will roll over each draw until it is won, or reaches the must-be-won limit.
If more than one person wins Powerball, the jackpot is shared equally between the winning tickets.
A total of 19 punters have struck the jackpot in 2024 and been crowned multimillionaires. Lotto last week said 54 people had become millionaires this year.
The 19 Powerball multimillionaires of 2024:
- January 27: $17.25 million – MyLotto, Canterbury
- February 10: $8.3 million – MyLotto, Hawke’s Bay
- March 2: $12.3 million – MyLotto, Otago
- April 13: $30.16 million – MyLotto, Wellington
- June 8: $7.18 million – Pak’nSave Wairau Rd, Auckland
- June 8: $7.18 million – Woolworths Metro, Auckland
- June 8: $7.18 million – Royal Oak Mall Lotto, Auckland
- June 8: $7.18 million – MyLotto, Auckland
- June 8: $7.18 million – MyLotto, Auckland
- June 8: $7.18 million – Shop Rite Dairy, Hamilton
- June 8: $7.18 million – New World Hastings, Hastings
- June 12: $4.5 million – MyLotto, Waikato
- June 19: $5.5 million – Impulse Snacks & Lotto, Taranaki
- August 10: $44.06 million – MyLotto, Auckland
- September 7: $17.07 million – MyLotto, Auckland
- September 11: $4.3 million – MyLotto, Auckland
- October 23: $30.2 million – Albany Central Superette, Auckland.
- November 9: $5.25 million – Pōkeno Superette, Pōkeno.
- November 9: $5.25 million – Park Mini Mart, Tauranga.
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