{"id":237718,"date":"2026-01-17T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:00:06","slug":"lotto-powerball-are-you-tonights-lucky-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237718\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto Powerball: Are you tonight\u2019s lucky winner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two players won $500,000 each in last Saturday\u2019s draw with the winning tickets sold at Fresh Choice Ng\u0101ruaw\u0101hia and Four Square Paeroa.<\/p>\n

Last weekend\u2019s draw came more than a week after $1m was won<\/a>, which brought \u201ctears and laughter\u201d to a Hamilton couple two weeks after a shocking cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\"PlayersPlayers can win a $4 million jackpot in this evening’s Lotto Powerball draw.<\/p>\n

The husband, married to his wife for nearly 40 years, received the cancer news before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no symptoms of cancer at all, the doctors were extremely shocked when the results came through and it was a hell of a shock to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The pair watched the January 3 draw with the same numbers they had on their tickets for the past 35 years and had joked about giving up the weekly ritual because they had never won big.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe watched the draw and thought, \u2018Oooh, we\u2019ve probably got four numbers\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t think anything more of it until we could check it, and then there were tears and laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hands were shaking and neither of us could sleep.\u201d<\/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 physical tickets 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

Top 5 Lotto individual wins of all time:<\/p>\n

$44.06m \u2013 Auckland, 2016$42.02m \u2013 Waikato, 2021$37.12m \u2013 Wellington, 2023$33.05m \u2013 Christchurch, 2023$33.01m \u2013 Auckland, 2013<\/p>\n

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