Online Lotto ticket takes $1m prize

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A lucky punter is $1 million richer today after a Lotto ticket bought online proved a winner last night.

A player who lived in the Waikato bought the winning First Division ticket online, according to LottoNZ.

Nobody won the Powerball prize last night and the jackpot for that ballooned to $6m.

However, a ticket bought at the MyLotto website from a player in Wellington won the $500,000 Strike Four prize.

More people were now buying Lotto tickets online, spokeswoman Emilia Mazur said, and about 40 per cent of tickets purchased online were bought through a mobile phone app.

A Palmerston North player won this week's Winning Wheel ticket after buying it online at MyLotto.co.nz.

That ticket's serial number was 465-21205253-20XX.

Two Aucklanders spun and won $100,000 with the Winning Wheel on last night's live Lotto draw.

LottoNZ said all players were automatically in the draw to win a chance to spin Lotto's Winning Wheel, no matter what ticket they bought.

LottoNZ said those who bought winning tickets should write their name on the back of the ticket and check it at once at any Lotto outlet, online at mylotto.co.nz or through the Lotto NZ ticket-checker app.