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Checking your numbers and realising you are holding a winner is a great feeling. The very next question is usually a practical one: how do

Short answer: yes, many times — and the single largest prize ever won on one ticket in New Zealand was bought online, not over a

The largest amount ever won on a single Lotto NZ ticket is $44,666,670, taken by an Auckland family in August 2024. The largest prize pool

Working out how much a Powerball ticket costs in New Zealand is simpler than it looks. Once you know a few fixed numbers, you can

Plenty of New Zealanders still like buying a Lotto ticket in person — over a counter, ticket in hand — even though the MyLotto app

The short answer: you need to match at least three of the six main numbers on a single line to win anything, and matching all

It’s a natural question to ask while waiting in a pre-jackpot queue: how many Lotto tickets does New Zealand actually buy in a week? The

Matching a lottery ticket against the draw results by hand is slow and easy to get wrong. Scanning the barcode does the same job in

Strike is the game-within-the-game: a Lotto add-on where winning comes down to one extra, unforgiving twist — getting the order right. Match the first four

The bonus ball is one of the most misunderstood parts of New Zealand Lotto. It is the reason some tickets win a bigger prize than