'We were so excited and overwhelmed that we both burst into tears.'

Winning Lotto and becoming an instant multi-millionaire is not always easy - but it ain't half bad either. Video / Mike Scott

From 7.30pm tonight you won't be able to buy or check tickets.

One winner from the Bay of Plenty was drawn with 17 other lucky Lotto players on Saturday.

This is the sixth time Powerball First Division has been struck in 2022.

Pair delighted with $1000 win and open a bottle of wine, only to double-check the ticket.

If you bought a Lotto ticket from Matamata Paper Plus, you could be $8.25m richer.

What are your chances of actually winning the big one? Video / NZ Herald

"It would have been pretty hard for a local to have kept it real quiet ..."

What are your chances of winning the big one?

A young father was half asleep when he got an email from Lotto saying he had won

Customers at Pak'nSave Silverdale say why they think the $7.2m prize hasn’t been claimed yet. Source: Lotto NZ

Three MyLotto players have won big with Powerball in just two weeks. / Lotto

Lotto has worked closely with DDB over the last decade.

The draw snowballed to the lofty figure after the Saturday night's draw had no winners.

New World Warkworth lotto winner still to come forward. Credit: Nick Reed

Locals from Greytown talk about the person who won the Lotto ticket in their town.

Tonight's Powerball jackpot is worth $22 million.

The prize was made up of $6m from Powerball first division and $500,000 from Lotto first division.

If you win tonight's $34 million Lotto draw you could become one of the country's biggest property magnates.

After six months, a Hamilton man finally tracked down a lost Lotto ticket in his messy work desk and nabbed a $333,333 prize.

The three winners who shared last week's $40 mill. Powerball prize have revealed what they plan to do on their first weekend since striking it lucky.

When his wife "hollered" at him from the living room on Saturday night, a Dunedin man thought she was pregnant. Turns out they'd just won $13.3 million.

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was based on flawed intelligence and launched too early, according to a report. The TVNZ rumour-mill is once again in full swing as former TV3 newsreader Hilary Barry is tipped to be new face of Breakfast, alongside Jack Tame.

Lotto say it's rare for one of its stores to sell two winning First Division Lotto tickets on the same night - but it's not unheard of.

A Powerball player got the ultimate Halloween treat after winning $13 million last night.