{"id":520725,"date":"2026-07-11T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520725\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:30:09","slug":"powerball-jackpot-climbs-again-as-25m-prize-goes-unstruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520725\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball jackpot climbs again as $25m prize goes unstruck"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, one player won Lotto First Division, taking home $1 million. The winning ticket was sold at New World Ilam in Christchurch.<\/p>\n

On the same night, one Strike player won Strike Four, taking home $200,000. The winning ticket was sold at New World Ormiston in Auckland. <\/p>\n

This draw also comes after a Waikato local scooped all four First Division prizes<\/a> in the first July draw. <\/p>\n

Heads were turned when Lotto revealed the four winning First Division prizes from last Wednesday\u2019s draw were all sold at the same retailer, The Bookshop and Lotto on Huntly\u2019s Main St.<\/p>\n

First Division carries a prize of $1 million, split into $250,000 for each winning ticket.<\/p>\n

With speculation high over the shop\u2019s apparent lucky strike, the Government-owned agency has since confirmed a local in the township \u2013 a regular player who chooses his own numbers each time \u2013 was responsible for winning all four.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn eye-watering $25 million is up for grabs in tonight\u2019s live lotto draw<\/p>\n

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

Ticket holders can immediately see 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

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

Lotto Powerball wins in 2026<\/p>\n

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 – $14.3m, MyLotto, New PlymouthJune 3 \u2013 $28.6m, Four Square Netherby, Ashburton<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, one player won Lotto First Division, taking home $1 million. The winning ticket was sold at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[654,6030,806,75888,40671,32560,5275,2219,39724,38040,4960,10506,1132,111,43,139,69,20878,10512,3018,56726],"class_list":["post-520725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-25m","tag-again","tag-as","tag-climbs","tag-draw","tag-eyewatering","tag-goes","tag-gone","tag-grabs","tag-jackpot","tag-live","tag-lotto","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-powerball","tag-prize","tag-tonights","tag-unstruck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520725","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=520725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}