Record year for Lotto in 2020: More overnight millionaires than any other year
29 Dec, 2020 12:55 AM
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More people have been made overnight millionaires this year than any other in Lotto New Zealand history - something worth celebrating after a rocky 2020.
A total of 62 ticket holders have had their bank accounts flooded with cash, of which a record-breaking 28 of them have been Powerball wins.
The previous most wins came in 2017 when 53 millionaires were made, and the third was 2018 when 46 millionaires were crowned.
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"2020 has been a challenging year on so many levels," Lotto NZ head of communications and corporate social responsibility Marie Winfield says.