Nine million dollar booty in Lotto win

One Aucklander had nine million reasons to celebrate last night after winning Lotto's sixth largest prize of all time. The Powerball winner took home a total of $9.5 million with a sequence of bizarre numbers - 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, and a bonus number of 2.

The lucky ticket was bought from Mangere's Ponderosa Superette with $9.1 million coming from winning Powerball First Division and $361,290 from also winning Lotto First Division.

Powerball was last won in June, with a $3.6 million prize won on a ticket sold at Manukau City Lotto in Auckland, and follows an $18 million win on May 20 by a ticket sold at Kaeo Four Square in Northland.

Lotto Strike was also struck last night, a win worth $867,467.

NZ Lotteries chief executive Todd McLeay said the win was perfect icing on the cake for Lotto's 1000th draw celebrations a fortnight ago.

"We are really thrilled for our latest multi-millionaire," he said.