Lotto Powerball draw tonight: $18 million up for grabs
20 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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A record number of Kiwis lives have been changed overnight with Lotto in 2020. Photo / Supplied
A record number of Kiwis lives have been changed overnight with Lotto in 2020. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
A Kiwi s life could be changed forever tonight with $18 million up for grabs in Lotto Powerball draw.
Tickets are being scooped up across the country with buyers hoping tonight is their lucky night.
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The winning ticket was sold at Hornby Mall Lotto in Christchurch.
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Earlier this year, Queenstown harbourmaster Marty Black scooped his second major Lotto win in four years.
Artist impressions of how the Countdown Supermarket at the new Showgrounds Hill development will look.
The go-ahead for a retail development for Showgrounds Hill, the SC RSA building s demolition, and the return of a beloved cat missing for two years, all made the headlines in December, as Doug Sail discovered in the final instalment of our series looking back at the year that was. The controversial Timaru retail development proposal at Showgrounds Hill was granted resource consent on December 11, less than a day after a ruling that the application was not headed for public consultation. Permission for Auckland-based developer Redwood Group (RG) to turn the 12-hectare site site into a 34,000 square-metre retail centre was approved by independent commissioner Allan Cubitt.
Oamaru Lotto winners plan to make a difference with $18m win
29 Dec, 2020 06:28 PM
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Otago Daily Times
By: Ruby Heyward
Their minds still spinning , the Oamaru family who won $18.25 million in Lotto on Boxing Day are planning to make a difference with their winnings.
The family have expressed a wish to remain anonymous and said in a statement on Tuesday they still had a lot to think about, but planned to help people in need. Our goal is to make a difference in the lives of people who really need it - and a win like this allows us to do that.
$18 million Powerball jackpot struck for lucky ticket holder on Boxing Day
$18 million Powerball jackpot struck for lucky ticket holder on Boxing Day
Photo / NZ Herald Sun, 27 Dec 2020, 9:14AM
One lucky ticket holder from Oamaru is $18.25 million richer after winning the Boxing Day Powerball jackpot.
The jackpot swelled to one of the larger wins of 2020 on Wednesday after no one registered the winning numbers.
Last night s winner, who purchased their ticket at New World Waitaki in Oamaru, picks up $18 million for Powerball and another $250,000 - a quarter share of the $1 million First Division prize which was split between four players.
The three other tickets which didn t have the correct Powerball number are worth $250,000 each - their share of Division One.
Life-changing $18m Lotto Oamaru win: Mayor s fingers crossed winner is local
27 Dec, 2020 03:35 AM
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One lucky ticket holder in Oamaru is $18.25 million richer after winning the Boxing Day Powerball jackpot. Photo / File
One lucky ticket holder in Oamaru is $18.25 million richer after winning the Boxing Day Powerball jackpot. Photo / File
NZ Herald
Fingers are crossed in a South Island town that the winner of the mega $18 million Lotto jackpot on Saturday is a local resident.
Someone is $18.25 million richer after they bought their ticket at New World Waitaki in Oamaru.
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Waitaki mayor Gary Kircher said a boost of that proportion to the local economy is always welcome .