Lotto Powerball: $12m not struck - to rollover for Big Wednesday

Tonight’s $12 million Lotto Powerball draw has not been struck.

Instead it will rollover again for a Big Wednesday draw next week.

The numbers were: 16, 39, 14, 8, 34 and 24. The bonus ball was 4 and the Powerball was 2.

The biggest win off the night was $200,000, shared by five winners who both won First Division.

Earlier this year, a mammoth prize pool of $50m was shared between seven players.

Those seven winners on June 8 each took home $7.2m in the must-be-won draw.

While two of them had claimed their share of the first prize by the next day on Sunday, June 9, it took until last week for the final winner to come forward and collect their portion of the winnings.

One of the children of a winning couple, who wished to remain anonymous, said the family had a meeting to share the happy news.

“They’ve slowly been doing bits on the house, and now they can afford to finish the renovations,” the child said about the winning parents.

“We really want them to do something for themselves though. They’ve been talking about a special overseas trip for a long time and now they can do that, it will be amazing for them,” said another of the children.

Other Powerball jackpots won since then include $4.5m won by a MyLotto player in Waikato on June 12 and $5.5m won on June 19 by a physical ticket bought in Waitara.

What to do if you win

Ticket holders can see immediately if they have won if they purchased a ticket through MyLotto. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the account.

For prizes over $1000, winners have to fill in an online prize form.

Results are available immediately after the live draw on TVNZ 1 at about 8.30pm on draw nights, which are Wednesday and Saturday.

They can be found through the MyLotto app and online at www.mylotto.co.nz or at Lotto NZ retailers and on nzherald.co.nz.

Winners with a physical ticket must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.

For the Powerball jackpot to be claimed, a ticket holder must get all six Lotto numbers correct as well as the added Powerball number.

If the jackpot is not claimed tonight, it will roll over each draw until it is won.

The longest Powerball jackpot run in Lotto NZ history before it was struck was 24 consecutive draws.

If more than one person wins Powerball, the jackpot is shared equally between the winning tickets.

A total of 13 punters have struck it big in 2024, being crowned multimillionaires.

13 Lotto Powerball multimillionaires crowned in 2024:

• January 27: $17.25 million - My Lotto, Canterbury
• February 10: $8.3 million - MyLotto, Hawke’s Bay
• March 2: $12.3 million - MyLotto, Otago
• April 13: $30.16 million - MyLotto, Wellington
• June 8: $7.18 million - Pak’nSave Wairau Rd, Auckland
• June 8: $7.18 million - Woolworths Metro, Auckland
• June 8: $7.18 million - Royal Oak Mall Lotto, Auckland
• June 8: $7.18 million - MyLotto, Auckland
• June 8: $7.18 million - MyLotto, Auckland
• June 8: $7.18 million - Shop Rite Dairy, Hamilton
• June 8: $7.18 million - New World Hastings, Hastings
• June 12: $4.5 million - MyLotto, Waikato
• June 19: $5.5 million - Impulse Snacks & Lotto, Taranaki