It's a lucky long weekend for two Lotto players from Whangaparaoa and Napier after winning $500,000 each with Lotto First Division.
The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Stanmore Bay Superette in Whangaparaoa and Tamatea Pak n Save in Napier.
Powerball was not struck yesterday evening after a technical hitch caused the draw to take place off air.
Lotteries Commission spokeswoman Emilia Mazur said there was a fault with the machine, after it refused to spit out a winning ball.
The draw went ahead off air under the watch of Audit New Zealand -- and there were no winners.
