{"id":441333,"date":"2026-05-23T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/441333\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:21:15","slug":"lotto-powerball-results-is-a-lucky-new-zealander-20-million-richer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/441333\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto Powerball results: Is a lucky New Zealander $20 million richer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\n         Previously,<br \/>\n         luck was on the side of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-winning-numbers-for-tonights-18m-draw\/T2NZWORHAJD6LGT3MEFOS4B7OQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-winning-numbers-for-tonights-18m-draw\/T2NZWORHAJD6LGT3MEFOS4B7OQ\/\">Whanganui Lotto player<\/a> who went to bed $1.5 million richer on Wednesday.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">The new millionaire won the Strike Must Be Won draw with a ticket bought on MyLotto.<\/p>\n<p>What to do if you win<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Ticket holders can immediately see <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 the MyLotto app. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Winners with physical tickets must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" 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, AucklandMarch 28 \u2013 $12.75m, MyLotto, AucklandMarch 28 \u2013 $12.75m, MyLotto, AucklandApril 15 &#8211; $14.3m, MyLotto, New Plymouth<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Previously, luck was on the side of a Whanganui Lotto player who went to bed $1.5 million richer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2327,74,124,40671,185,38040,10506,16507,1132,117,111,43,139,69,20878,5909,6439,3018,73780,35111],"class_list":["post-441333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-2327","tag-after","tag-could","tag-draw","tag-is","tag-jackpot","tag-lotto","tag-lucky","tag-million","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-powerball","tag-results","tag-richer","tag-tonights","tag-whopping","tag-zealander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441333","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=441333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}