{"id":340466,"date":"2026-03-21T08:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340466\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T08:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:28:08","slug":"powerball-jackpot-20m-up-for-grabs-in-tonights-lotto-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340466\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball jackpot: $20m up for grabs in tonight\u2019s Lotto draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">One lucky player from Upper Hutt also won Powerball Second Division, taking their winnings to $30,681, Lotto said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">In total, 25 people across New Zealand won Second Division, where they each took home $11,454. <\/p>\n<p>What to do if you win<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Ticket holders can see immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/lifestyle\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-hits-33m-financial-adviser-on-what-lucky-winner-should-do\/VH55W2HRSFFVNLWQ4KEO6GQUBQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/lifestyle\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-hits-33m-financial-adviser-on-what-lucky-winner-should-do\/VH55W2HRSFFVNLWQ4KEO6GQUBQ\/\" target=\"_blank\">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<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Winners with physical tickets must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">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<p>Lotto Powerball wins in 2026:<\/p>\n<p>January 14 \u2013 $10.2m MyLotto, Manawat\u016b-WhanganuiJanuary 21 \u2013 $5.3m MyLotto, OtagoFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m Coastlands Lotto, ParaparaumuFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m New World Greymouth, GreymouthFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m MyLotto, MastertonFebruary 18 \u2013 $4.5m Glen Innes Dairy and Lotto Outlet, Auckland<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 Lotto individual wins of all time:<\/p>\n<p>$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<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":"One lucky player from Upper Hutt also won Powerball Second Division, taking their winnings to $30,681, Lotto said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18479,40671,2082,39724,78,38040,35090,10506,1132,111,43,139,69,20878,3018,810],"class_list":["post-340466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-20m","tag-draw","tag-for","tag-grabs","tag-in","tag-jackpot","tag-lifechanging","tag-lotto","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-powerball","tag-tonights","tag-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340466","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=340466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}