{"id":573941,"date":"2026-08-19T16:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573941\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:34:15","slug":"lotto-aucklander-sitting-on-unclaimed-20-million-powerball-prize-players-urged-to-recheck-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573941\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto: Aucklander sitting on unclaimed $20 million Powerball prize, players urged to recheck tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">Hine said anyone who purchased their ticket from Blockhouse Bay Postshop &amp; Stationers for the July 25 draw should record their name on the back and have it checked as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The winning ticket was sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop &amp; Stationers last month. Photo \/ Michael Bradley\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The winning ticket was sold at Blockhouse Bay Postshop &amp; Stationers last month. Photo \/ Michael Bradley<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to hearing from the winner,\u201d Hine said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you think you have the winning ticket, I recommend stopping into one of our stores or giving our customer support team a call so we can help guide you through the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" 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 class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">In tonight\u2019s mid-week draw, Lotto players will be vying for a $15m Powerball jackpot after Saturday\u2019s went unstruck. <\/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 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 \u2013 $14.3m, MyLotto, New Plymouth<\/p>\n<p>Top five 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=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" 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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hine said anyone who purchased their ticket from Blockhouse Bay Postshop &amp; Stationers for the July 25 draw&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2327,51,110076,138,5842,23552,10506,1132,111,139,69,90,10702,20878,10512,282923,37451,165,4969,61,34296,11226,55113],"class_list":["post-573941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-2327","tag-auckland","tag-aucklander","tag-business","tag-calling","tag-claimed","tag-lotto","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-players","tag-powerball","tag-prize","tag-recheck","tag-sitting","tag-their","tag-tickets","tag-to","tag-unclaimed","tag-urged","tag-waits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573941","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=573941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}