Someone in Mt Maunganui has won $1 million dollars in Saturday’s Lotto First division.
Someone in Mt Maunganui is $1 million richer after winning Lotto First Division on Saturday night. The player brought the lucky ticket at Bayfair Lotto in Mount Maunganui. Powerball was not struck and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot would be $5 million. Strike Four also rolled over and would reach $300,000 on Wednesday.
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Rotorua man claims $8.5 million Lotto Powerball draw
21 Jan, 2021 02:30 AM
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Rotorua Daily Post
The year has started off with a bang for a local Rotorua man who claimed a life-changing $8.5 million Powerball prize at Lotto NZ s Head Office this morning.
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, watched the live draw last night and knew he was New Zealand s newest multimillionaire as soon as Powerball number 7 was drawn. I ve been playing the same numbers since Lotto started, and I always watch the draw or record it, the man said.
Rotorua s Four Square Western Heights sells $8.5 million winning Lotto ticket
20 Jan, 2021 06:08 PM
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Four Square Western Heights sold the winning Powerball ticket.
What would you do with $8.5 million?
It s a prospect we dream about when we buy a Lotto ticket and for one Rotorua Lotto player, that dream has become a reality after winning $8.5 million in last night s Powerball draw.
The prize is made up of $8m from Powerball First Division and $500,000 from Lotto First Division.
The winning ticket was sold at Western Heights Foodmarket, also known as Western Heights Four Square, on Brookland Rd.
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Store owner Montu Kumar said he was excited when he found out about the win and hoped it was going to someone deserving.
Parents worry big lottery wins could end up turning their children lazy. (Video first published February 2020) There’ll be smiles for an Aucklander too – a Lotto player in the super-city won $500,000 with Lotto First Division on Wednesday night. The winning Lotto ticket was sold at Valley Road Superette in Auckland. Players in Napier and Invercargill each took home $200,000 from Strike Four. Their tickets were sold at Z Kennedy Road in Napier and Windsor Stationery & Lotto in Invercargill. Anyone who bought their ticket from the above winning stores should write their name on the back of their ticket and check it at any Lotto NZ outlet, online at MyLotto.co.nz or through the Lotto NZ App.