{"id":488241,"date":"2026-06-21T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488241\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:44:10","slug":"lotto-canterbury-player-wins-1m-14-others-collect-20k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/488241\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto: Canterbury player wins $1m, 14 others collect $20k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Powerball First Division had no winners and will roll over to Wednesday where $12 million will be on the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Powerball Second Division was won however, with an \u014ctorohanga player taking home $40,724. They also bought their ticket on MyLotto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Fourteen players from across the country had cause for major celebration last night, splitting Lotto\u2019s Second Division prize and each taking home $20,898.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The winning tickets were bought across the Far North, Auckland, Hamilton, \u014ctorohanga, Taup\u014d, New Plymouth, Wellington, Canterbury, Christchurch, Mosgiel and Dunedin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Earlier this month, an Ashburton family took home $28.6m after winning Powerball First Division and three shares of Lotto First Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The winning ticket put the town at the centre of one of the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/ashburton-locals-react-after-four-square-sells-28m-lotto-winning-ticket\/BS6YXLC4RBGN5C3QJFPATRGVSM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/ashburton-locals-react-after-four-square-sells-28m-lotto-winning-ticket\/BS6YXLC4RBGN5C3QJFPATRGVSM\/\" target=\"_blank\">biggest lottery wins<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>What to do if you win<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" 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=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Winners with physical tickets must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" 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 PlymouthJune 3 \u2013 $28.6m, Four Square Netherby, Ashburton<\/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":"Powerball First Division had no winners and will roll over to Wednesday where $12 million will be on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22256,7495,69894,74,6726,8126,74255,40671,685,700,10506,73193,1132,108704,111,43,139,11550,69,2682,9617,10508,6202],"class_list":["post-488241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-22256","tag-1m","tag-20k","tag-after","tag-become","tag-canterbury","tag-collect","tag-draw","tag-last","tag-latest","tag-lotto","tag-lottos","tag-million","tag-netting","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nights","tag-nz","tag-others","tag-player","tag-winner","tag-wins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488241","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=488241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}