SunLive – Four lottery players win $250,000

Four lucky Lotto players will be on cloud nine after each winning $250,000 in Lotto Division 1 in Saturday night’s lottery draw.

The winning tickets were sold at New World Whangaparāoa in Whangaparāoa, Moshims Superette in Auckland and two tickets at Clivedon Superette in Auckland.

Powerball did not take place on Saturday night and was moved to Wednesday night, where the jackpot will be $8 million.

Meanwhile, in Saturday night’s first $1.5 million Strike Must Be Won drawing, the jackpot was not won by a single ticket, so the jackpot went to Strike Three. The $1.5 million jackpot was shared by 219 players, who each took home $7,299. The winning stores and locations will be available on MyLotto on Monday.

11 Lotto players have won the second division

Eleven lucky Lotto players will celebrate each win of $24,601 in Lotto Division 2 in Saturday night’s lottery draw.

Winning Second Division tickets were sold in the following stores:

Anyone who has purchased a ticket from any of the above stores should check their ticket in store, on MyLotto or through the MyLotto app as soon as possible.

Lotto NZ exists to return 100 per cent of its profits back to Kiwi communities through lottery grant programs run by the Te Puna Tahua New Zealand Lottery Grants Board.