Meanwhile, one fortunate player in East Auckland secured a $400,000 prize with their Strike Four win.
Last weekend, a Waikato resident scored the full $1m that was up for grabs in Saturday’s Lotto First Division draw.
And an Auckland woman won $500,000 after finding a stray Lotto ticket at the bottom of her handbag, highlighting the importance of checking your tickets and keeping them in a safe place.
The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, received a call from Lotto headquarters about an unclaimed prize from a draw on May 31, 2025.
She had several tickets in her bags from previous draws but assumed they had all been checked.
However, after finding a bonus ticket in her handbag, she checked numbers from a previous draw and found all six matched.
2025 Lotto Powerball wins
January 8: $7m, MyLotto player in Wellington.
January 22: $8.3m, MyLotto player in Taranaki.
February 8: $10.5m, Glenview Centre Lotto and Post, Hamilton.
February 26: $10.5m, Paper Plus Waihī and Toyworld, Waihī.
March 15: $5.5m, New World St Martins, Christchurch.
March 15: $5.5m, New World Gardens, Dunedin.
March 22: $5.3m, Windsor on the Spot Express, Port Chalmers.
April 23: $23.3m, MyLotto, Auckland.
May 21: $17.2m, New World Whitby, Porirua.
June 21: $15.08m, Plaza Supervalue, Invercargill.
June 21: $15.08m, MyLotto, Wellington.
July 9: $10.3m, MyLotto, Christchurch.
August 9: $20.25m, MyLotto, Christchurch.
August 30: $12.5m, MyLotto, Ōpōtiki.
September 13: $10m, MyLotto, Dunedin.
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