Five players won almost $60,000 each in last night’s Lotto draw.
The winning numbers were 6, 24, 5, 37, 3, 27. The bonus ball was 17 and the Powerball was 10.
One ticket was sold to a Northland player, two from Auckland, one from Waikato and one from Canterbury.
Last night’s First Division Powerball was struck with one player from Porirua picking up $17.2 million - $17 million from Powerball and $200,000 from a First Division split.
Four other players also won $200,000 each after splitting the First Division draw.
A single supermarket in Canterbury sold four winning Lotto tickets worth just over $17,000 nearly three weeks ago.
The tickets – sold at Woolworths Ashburton South – were among 15 Second Division tickets to win a total of $17,357 in the official Lotto draw.
One of the tickets sold at Woolworths Ashburton also won the Powerball Second Division prize, taking their total winnings to $35,030.
Ticket holders can see immediately if they have won if they bought a ticket through MyLotto. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to their account.
For prizes of more than $1000, winners have to fill in an online prize form.
Results are available immediately after the live draws on TVNZ 1, on Wednesday and Saturday nights.
They can also be found through the MyLotto app, online at www.mylotto.co.nz, at Lotto NZ retailers and on nzherald.co.nz.
Winners with a physical ticket must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.
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