Subj : Lotto $50m: Anxious wait as winning store info to be released
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Date : Sun Jun 09 2024 12:34 pm

8:59am

Seven first-division winners of last night's $50 million Powerball draw will
be $7.18 million richer today, whether they know it yet or not.

The MyLotto app will open later than usual this morning, at 10am, to handle
the huge volume of people checking to see if they have become an overnight
multimillionaire.

The regions and stores where the winning tickets were purchased will not be
released until midday.

Just under 2 million tickets were sold for the much anticipated, must-be-won
draw - far more than usual, Lotto NZ said.

Head of communications Lucy Fullarton said big winners often share the wealth
with family, friends, charities and their communities, and their lives will
be changed.

"It means something different for everyone, and I think all of our winners
have their things they come into our winners' room talking about.

"But what we see more than ever is that they want to use it to support their
whanau and their friends and their communities, and I expect that will be
exactly the same for these seven winners."

The numbers drawn were 22, 35, 10, 30, 21, 37, bonus ball 5 and Powerball, 2.

Once again, no one got the first division plus Powerball, so the
record-equalling jackpot was shared amongst division two.

"It's amazing that Powerball rolled down to second division and was shared
between seven players - it's fantastic to see more of our lucky players get
to experience what it's like to win," Lotto NZ chief executive Jason Delamore
said.

Fourteen other players won $71,429 through Lotto First Division and one
person took home $600,000 through Strike Four.

Delamere said the big winners should phone Lotto NZ's Customer Services team
on 0800 695 6886 "to ensure they receive the support they'll need throughout
this life-changing experience".

The biggest single winner in Lotto's history took home $44 million in 2016.

rnz.co.nz

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