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LOTTO, POWERBALL AND STRIKE

New Zealand Lotto is a million dollar game that’s simple to play! As the favourite lottery game of New Zealanders, NZ Lotto gives you the chance to become an overnight millionaire every single week. Choose your lotto numbers carefully (or take your chances on a Lucky Dip lotto ticket!) and watch the Lotto draw on Saturday night on TV2 to see if you’re a winner, or find Lotto results online. As well as the first division Lotto prize, there are many other cash prizes to be won. Plus, every lottery ticket goes into the draw to spin the Lotto Winning Wheel – to win a million dollars!

How to play Lotto

In every Lotto draw, six numbers and one bonus number are drawn randomly from a barrel of balls numbered 1 to 40. Match as many numbers as you can from those drawn, and you can be a winner. If your ticket has all six of the main numbers drawn, you’ve won First Division, but you can be a Lotto winner with as few as three numbers. To be in to win:

• Choose your own lucky numbers: On your self-select coupon, pick as many lines as you like (there’s a minimum of 4 lines), choosing six numbers between 1 and 40 on each. Each line costs just 60 cents.
• Easy Dip: Get a lucky dip of numbers, chosen randomly by an automated system.
• Multidraw: Play with your own lucky numbers or with an Easy Dip ticket over up to 10 consecutive Lotto draws.
• Lotto Combo: Choose 8, 9 or 10 numbers; you’ll be given every possible combination of those numbers to be in to win.

Where can I find the latest New Zealand Lotto results?
You can find the latest New Zealand Lotto results online, along with all of the past draws dating back to the 1980s with NZS.com. 

Lotto prizes
How are prize winners determined in each Lotto draw? Lotto Prize Divisions are:

Division One
Get six winning numbers, without the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 3,838,380.

Division Two
Get five winning numbers, with the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 639,730.

Division Three
Five winning numbers, without the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 19,386.

Division Four
Four winning numbers, with the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 7,754.

Division Five
Four winning numbers, without the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 485.

Division Six
Three winning numbers, with the bonus ball. Your chances are one in 363.

Lotto Powerball
For added fun on your Lotto ticket, play Lotto Powerball – choose an extra number, between 1 and 10, to add to your line of Lotto numbers. If you win a Lotto prize and you have the winning Powerball number on that line, you’ll win the Lotto Powerball prize too! The smallest Powerball First Division prize is $3 million – this jackpot will keep growing until it’s won or a ‘Must Be Won’ week is reached. To play Lotto Powerball, simply choose a number to add to at least 4 lines on your Lotto ticket. Powerball numbers cost 50 cents per line.

Lotto Strike
Another way to win with Lotto is to play Strike – choose four numbers and if they are the first numbers drawn on Saturday night, you’ll be a Lotto Strike winner! Add a Strike ticket to your self-selected or Easy Dip Lotto ticket. The jackpot for Strike can build for up to nine weeks; if there isn’t a winner in the 10th week, the jackpot is divided amongst the next Division down in which there are winners.

BIG WEDNESDAY

Can’t wait until the weekly Lotto draw on Saturday? The Big Wednesday lottery is a midweek draw offering Kiwi punters the chance to win the ultimate lifestyle. Win prizes including luxury apartments, travel, cars and millions in cash.

How to play Big Wednesday
To get yourself into the draw, simply pick six numbers and choose heads or tails – you can even play heads and tails if you want! As well as the basic self-select ticket, you can choose:

• Easy Dip: If you’d rather not choose your own numbers, the Easy Dip ticket will give you a random selection of numbers. Then, you can specify heads or tails (or both) – or let these be randomly chosen as well.
• Multidraw: Play with your chosen numbers or with an Easy Dip ticket over up to 10 consecutive Big Wednesday draws.
• Big Wednesday Combo: Get together with friends, family or a local club to play Big Wednesday – combining the power of all your lucky numbers on one coupon.

And if you’re not a Big Wednesday winner the first time around, there’s the Second Chance Draw every week, giving you another chance to win. Simply check the serial number on your ticket to see if you’re a Second Chance winner.

The Big Wednesday draw happens every Wednesday at 8:20pm, on TV1. Watch to see if you’re a Big Wednesday winner or find Big Wednesday results online.

KENO

The daily lottery game Keno was establised in New Zealand in 1994. We all remember the letterbox numbers on TV! Since its launch, Keno has become an iconic Kiwi game, and can now be played twice a day, every single day!

All you need to do to play Keno is choose your favourite numbers (any between 1 and 80) and hope that they appear in the 20 numbers that are drawn. If you miss any of the draws, you can find updated Keno results on NZS.com

WHO RUNS LOTTO?

The New Zealand Lottery Commission is responsible for running state lotteries and awarding prizes through official Lotto draws. The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board was established to distribute the proceeds from state lotteries to groups within New Zealand communities. A large number of arts, sport, cultural and community groups receive funding from lottery grants – over the last 20 years, more than $2.3 billion has been given to a diverse range of groups.

Looking for more information? Find New Zealand Lotto on NZS.com.

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