Two Aucklanders are taking home $20.1 million each after splitting last night’s $40m Lotto Powerball.
One winner bought their ticket at Blockhouse Bay Post Shop and Stationers.
The other purchased their ticket online on MyLotto, the Lotto NZ app.
The numbers drawn were 1, 12, 18, 29, 22 and 14. The Bonus Ball was 32 and the Powerball 8.
In addition to getting half of the Powerball winnings, both winners will also get $111,111 from Lotto first division.
Seven other players won Lotto first division and will also be taking home $111,111.
Five of the first division winning tickets were purchased from: Tony’s Stationery and Lotto in Maungaturoto; Whitcoulls Glenfield in Auckland; Pak’nSave Napier City in the Hawke’s Bay; New World Island Bay in Wellington and Fresh Choice Renwick in Marlborough.
Two of the first division-winning tickets were bought on MyLotto.
Five players won Strike Four, each taking home $40,000.
Four of those winning tickets were bought on MyLotto and one was bought from New World Waihī in Hauraki.
A further 29 players won $19,686 each with Lotto second division.
Punters lined up on Saturday afternoon for their chance at life-changing riches, with queues of up to 10 people seen at the Lotto counter in one small South Island supermarket.
Last night’s jackpot soared from $35m to $40m after no ticket-holders won Powerball on Wednesday.
Lotto’s biggest individual prize was $44.06m won by a single ticket-holder in Auckland a decade ago.
In 2021, a single ticket-holder in Waikato won $42.02m.
The biggest overall Powerball jackpot was $55m last year but three players ended up with their hands in the pot, winning just over $18m each.
A MyLotto player in New Plymouth who won $14.3m in April is the biggest Powerball winner so far this year.
Lotto Powerball wins in 2026
- January 14 – $10.2m, MyLotto, Manawatū-Whanganui
- January 21 – $5.3m, MyLotto, Otago
- February 14 – $5.08m, Coastlands Lotto, Paraparaumu
- February 14 – $5.08m, New World Greymouth, Greymouth
- February 14 – $5.08m, MyLotto, Masterton
- February 18 – $4.5m, Glen Innes Dairy and Lotto Outlet, Auckland
- March 28 – $12.75m, MyLotto, Auckland
- March 28 – $12.75m, MyLotto, Auckland
- April 15 - $14.3m, MyLotto, New Plymouth
Top 5 Lotto individual wins of all time:
- $44.06m – Auckland, 2016
- $42.02m – Waikato, 2021
- $37.12m – Wellington, 2023
- $33.05m – Christchurch, 2023
- $33.01m – Auckland, 2013