Lotto: Powerball jackpot rolls over, $19.7m up for grabs on Saturday

Lotto’s Powerball and Strike have both rolled over tonight and there is now a combined prize pool of $19.7 million up for grabs on Saturday.

The winning ticket was not sold for this evening’s draw and Powerball will now jackpot to $18m.  Lotto First Division will be $1m and Strike Four will be $700,000 on Saturday.

The numbers for tonight’s draw were 24, 2, 40, 34, 23, and 13.

The bonus ball was 19 and the Powerball was 4.

The potential to become wealthy overnight tonight was a reality for two people who shared a $1 million win last Saturday.

The lotto players, from Auckland and Christchurch, both took home $500,000 each from Lotto First Division.

The chance of early retirement, the ability to give to charity or to treat friends and family to the ultimate indulgences will have many rushing to Lotto counters and MyLotto.

The Herald recommends players check their tickets lest they go unaware of their potential winnings.

Just last week, one player had the surprise of his life when Lotto officials phoned him and notified him of his unclaimed millions.

The Ruapehu man spent two months oblivious of being a millionaire when he never checked his winning ticket online.

Tonight’s Powerball jackpot has swelled to a massive $16 million after Saturday’s draw went unstruck. Photo / Michael Bradley.

The last time someone won $16m from Powerball was in October, when a Wellington player won the First Division prize for lotto and Powerball.

If someone gets lucky tonight, they would be the seventeenth Powerball multimillionaire of the year.

Some $23m was scooped up by a syndicate of 24 players in September.

To join the ranks of the well-heeled, players can’t miss out on this evening’s draw.