{"id":138015,"date":"2025-11-16T14:58:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138015\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:58:27","slug":"lotto-powerball-55m-jackpot-winning-tickets-sold-in-kawerau-christchurch-and-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138015\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto Powerball $55m jackpot: Winning tickets sold in Kawerau, Christchurch and Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those winning tickets were sold at the following stores: Four Square Coopers Beach; Auckland\u2019s Rathgar Rd Discount Foodmarket and Rocky\u2019s Superette; Pak\u2019nSave Thames; Fresh Choice Ng\u0101ruaw\u0101hia; Hamilton\u2019s Nourish Pantry; Pak\u2019nSave Napier City; Pak\u2019nSave Tamatea; Fresh Choice Geraldine; and Fresh Choice Roxburgh.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe winning Powerball tickets were sold in Kawerau, Christchurch and online in Auckland.<\/p>\n

Three Aucklanders, a Palmerston North player and a person from Rangit\u012bkei also scored their earnings through MyLotto. <\/p>\n

Sixty-two other players also won $16,909 in Lotto Second Division.<\/p>\n

Ten of those had an extra boost winning Powerball Second Division, increasing their prizes to $24,916.<\/p>\n

Lotto NZ chief executive Jason Delamore described it as a \u201cfantastic result\u201d for the winners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the Powerball jackpot being shared among a number of players,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA win like this doesn\u2019t just change one life \u2013 it can transform families, friends, and even entire communities. Our winners often give back in incredible ways, from helping loved ones to supporting charities.” <\/p>\n

\"ThreeThree lucky punters are taking home $18.3m from the record-breaking $55m Powerball jackpot – the largest in Lotto’s 38-year history. Photo \/ NZ Herald composite<\/p>\n

Of Aotearoa\u2019s 12 previous \u201cmust-be-won\u201d draws, the top prize has been shared at a lower division seven times.<\/p>\n

Before the draw, Victoria University of Wellington\u2019s Richard Arnold said there was about a 30% chance the full $55m would be won by one person<\/a>, depending on the total number of players.<\/p>\n

He told Herald NOW\u2019s Ryan Bridge if two million players buy 10 lines each, there\u2019s about a 30% chance of a single winner in Division One.<\/p>\n

He said if there are four million players, that probably goes up to about 36%.<\/p>\n

The winners of the last $50m jackpot told Lotto NZ the key was not to be changed by the sudden wealth.<\/p>\n

They advised last night\u2019s winners to \u201cmake sure you\u2019re confident in the team you build around you \u2013 you have to trust they are giving you good advice”.<\/p>\n

What to do if you win<\/p>\n

Ticket holders can see immediately if they have won<\/a> if they purchased a ticket through MyLotto. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the account.<\/p>\n

For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n

Winners with a physical ticket must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n

For the Powerball jackpot to be claimed, a ticket holder must get all six Lotto numbers correct as well as the added Powerball number.<\/p>\n

Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those winning tickets were sold at the following stores: Four Square Coopers Beach; Auckland\u2019s Rathgar Rd Discount Foodmarket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[92979,95,51,4487,40671,24392,71,1345,78,38040,4881,685,10506,1132,67241,111,43,139,11550,69,20878,6274,12860,2122,3235,4758,1529,4969,3608,540,18457],"class_list":["post-138015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-55m","tag-and","tag-auckland","tag-christchurch","tag-draw","tag-each","tag-from","tag-home","tag-in","tag-jackpot","tag-kawerau","tag-last","tag-lotto","tag-million","tag-mustwin","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nights","tag-nz","tag-powerball","tag-recordbreaking","tag-revealed","tag-share","tag-sold","tag-taking","tag-three","tag-tickets","tag-were","tag-where","tag-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}