{"id":590933,"date":"2026-09-05T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590933\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:20:09","slug":"lotto-powerball-one-lucky-winner-of-28m-draw-before-odds-rise-and-jackpot-cap-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590933\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto Powerball: One lucky winner of $28m draw before odds rise and jackpot cap increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">It could be the last big draw where winning is so \u201ceasy\u201d, with odds set to increase \u2013 along with the maximum jackpot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">As it stands, Lotto\u2019s maximum Powerball jackpot must be won when it passes $50m, but with the addition of four new Powerballs, that maximum jackpot will increase to $60m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">So too will the already astronomical odds. Tonight\u2019s draw carries odds of 1 in 38.4 million per line on a Powerball ticket. From September 13 it\u2019ll increase to 1 in 53.7 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">The final draw under the 10-ball Powerball format will take place on Saturday, September 12 and must be won \u2013 regardless of the jackpot amount. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">The $28m prize on offer tonight mirrors that of a $28.6m jackpot won by an Ashburton family in June, from a ticket bought at Four Square Netherby. That remains the biggest single winning prize this year.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Powerball odds will increase to 1 in 53.7 million per line of each Lotto ticket.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Powerball odds will increase to 1 in 53.7 million per line of each Lotto ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">At least 11 Powerball millionaires have been crowned this year, with the biggest jackpot \u2013 a whopping $40m \u2013 split between two Aucklanders. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">Each winner ultimately took home $20.1m, both having nabbed $111,111 in Lotto First Division. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">The changes that come into effect on Sunday, September 13, will also create more winners, with the inclusion of an 8th division with a winning prize of $12.<\/p>\n<p>What to do if you win<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" 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 bought a ticket through the MyLotto app. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the winner\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">Winners with physical tickets must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">For the Powerball jackpot to be claimed, a ticket holder must get all six Lotto numbers correct as well as the Powerball number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It could be the last big draw where winning is so \u201ceasy\u201d, with odds set to increase \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73192,74,95,9218,138,4464,40671,42123,21325,38040,10506,16507,1132,111,139,69,6644,1118,5270,20878,6439,1436,58036,10507,3018,10508],"class_list":["post-590933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-28m","tag-after","tag-and","tag-before","tag-business","tag-cap","tag-draw","tag-holder","tag-increases","tag-jackpot","tag-lotto","tag-lucky","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-odds","tag-of","tag-one","tag-powerball","tag-richer","tag-rise","tag-scooping","tag-ticket","tag-tonights","tag-winner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590933","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=590933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}